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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-2119-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-2119-2014
Research article
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24 Nov 2014
Research article |  | 24 Nov 2014

Sensitivity of the Weddell Sea sector ice streams to sub-shelf melting and surface accumulation

A. P. Wright, A. M. Le Brocq, S. L. Cornford, R. G. Bingham, H. F. J. Corr, F. Ferraccioli, T. A. Jordan, A. J. Payne, D. M. Rippin, N. Ross, and M. J. Siegert

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