Articles | Volume 8, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-359-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-359-2014
Research article
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03 Mar 2014
Research article |  | 03 Mar 2014

Glacial areas, lake areas, and snow lines from 1975 to 2012: status of the Cordillera Vilcanota, including the Quelccaya Ice Cap, northern central Andes, Peru

M. N. Hanshaw and B. Bookhagen

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