The Late Weichselian Barents-Kara Ice Sheet: In defense of a maximum reconstruction

Russian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 427-452

  Grosswald, M G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

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DOI: 10.2205/2001ES000075     Document Type: Article

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