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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-4-475-2010
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-4-475-2010
Research article
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08 Nov 2010
Research article |  | 08 Nov 2010

Monitoring of active layer dynamics at a permafrost site on Svalbard using multi-channel ground-penetrating radar

S. Westermann, U. Wollschläger, and J. Boike

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