Implications of climate change on glacier de la plaine morte, switzerland

Geographica Helvetica

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 227-237

  Huss, M ^a   Voinesco, A ^a   Hoelzle, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84984411045     PISSN: 0016-7312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gh-68-227-2013     Document Type: Article

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