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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2947-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2947-2016
Research article
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21 Jul 2016
Research article |  | 21 Jul 2016

Morphological dynamics of an englacial channel

Geir Vatne and Tristram D. L. Irvine-Fynn

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