Modelling the Early Weichselian Eurasian Ice Sheets: role of ice shelves and influence of ice-dammed lakes
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Modelling the Early Weichselian Eurasian Ice Sheets: role of ice shelves and influence of ice-dammed lakes V. Peyaud, C. Ritz, and G. Krinner Laboratoire de Glaciologie et de Géophysique de l’Environnement, Université Joseph Fourier 54, rue Molière, Domaine Universitaire, BP 96, 38402 Saint Martin d’Hères Cedex, France Received: 9 November 2006 – Accepted: 13 December 2006 – Published: 26 January 2007 Correspondence to: V. Peyaud ([email protected])
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