Past, Present, and Future of Glacier Archives from the World’s Highest Mountains

Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 226-243

  Thompson, Lonnie G ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85050217906     PISSN: 0003049X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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