Epiglacial morphology

Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series

Volumn Part 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 262-268

  Smiraglia, Claudio ^a   Diolaiuti, Guglielmina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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EID: 85031721395     PISSN: 13884360     EISSN: 1871756X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2642-2_139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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