Articles | Volume 12, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2109-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2109-2018
Research article
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20 Jun 2018
Research article |  | 20 Jun 2018

Local topography increasingly influences the mass balance of a retreating cirque glacier

Caitlyn Florentine, Joel Harper, Daniel Fagre, Johnnie Moore, and Erich Peitzsch

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