Active layer thermal regime at three rock glaciers in Greenland

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-408

  Humlum, Ole ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 0000476393     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1530(199710/12)8:4<383::aid-ppp265>3.0.co;2-v     Document Type: Article

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