Meltwater refreezing in the accumulation area of the Greenland ice sheet: Pâkitsoq, summer 1991
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عنوان ژورنال: Rapport Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse
سال: 1992
ISSN: 2597-2944,0418-6559
DOI: 10.34194/rapggu.v155.8172