Ice-core insights into the flow and shut-down of Ice Stream C, West Antarctica

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Glaciology

سال: 2003

ISSN: 0260-3055,1727-5644

DOI: 10.3189/172756403781815465