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Surge dynamics in the Nathorstbreen glacier system, Svalbard
M. Sund
University Centre in Svalbard, P.O. Box 156, 9171 Longyearbyen, Norway
Hydrology department, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, P.O. Box 5091 Majorstuen 0301 Oslo, Norway
T. R. Lauknes
Norut, P.O. Box 6434 Forskningsparken, 9294 Tromsø, Norway
T. Eiken
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
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