Articles | Volume 7, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1361-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1361-2013
Research article
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05 Sep 2013
Research article |  | 05 Sep 2013

The geomorphological effect of cornice fall avalanches in the Longyeardalen valley, Svalbard

M. Eckerstorfer, H. H. Christiansen, L. Rubensdotter, and S. Vogel

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