Sensitivity of a Greenland ice sheet model to ice flow and ablation parameters: Consequences for the evolution through the last climatic cycle

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-24

  Ritz, C ^a   Fabre, A ^a   Letreguilly A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0002465365     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050149     Document Type: Article

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