Articles | Volume 6, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-1483-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-1483-2012
Research article
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10 Dec 2012
Research article |  | 10 Dec 2012

The first complete inventory of the local glaciers and ice caps on Greenland

P. Rastner, T. Bolch, N. Mölg, H. Machguth, R. Le Bris, and F. Paul

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