The Relevance of Grain Dissection for Grain Size Reduction in Polar Ice: Insights from Numerical Models and Ice Core Microstructure Analysis
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Citation: Steinbach F, Kuiper E-JN, Eichler J, Bons PD, Drury MR, Griera A, Pennock GM and Weikusat I (2017) The Relevance of Grain Dissection for Grain Size Reduction in Polar Ice: Insights from Numerical Models and Ice Core Microstructure Analysis. Front. Earth Sci. 5:66. doi: 10.3389/feart.2017.00066 The Relevance of Grain Dissection for Grain Size Reduction in Polar Ice: Insights from Numerical Models and Ice Core Microstructure Analysis
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