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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-25-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-25-2015
Research article
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06 Jan 2015
Research article |  | 06 Jan 2015

Quantifying mass balance processes on the Southern Patagonia Icefield

M. Schaefer, H. Machguth, M. Falvey, G. Casassa, and E. Rignot

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