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Brief communication: Subglacial lake drainage beneath Isunguata Sermia, West Greenland: Geomorphic and ice dynamic effects

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Brief communication: Subglacial lake drainage beneath Isunguata Sermia, West Greenland: Geomorphic and ice dynamic effects. / Livingstone, S.J.; Sole, A.J.; Storrar, R.D. et al.
In: Cryosphere, Vol. 13, No. 10, 29.10.2019, p. 2789-2796.

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Livingstone, SJ, Sole, AJ, Storrar, RD, Harrison, D, Ross, N & Bowling, J 2019, 'Brief communication: Subglacial lake drainage beneath Isunguata Sermia, West Greenland: Geomorphic and ice dynamic effects', Cryosphere, vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 2789-2796. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2789-2019

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Livingstone, S. J., Sole, A. J., Storrar, R. D., Harrison, D., Ross, N., & Bowling, J. (2019). Brief communication: Subglacial lake drainage beneath Isunguata Sermia, West Greenland: Geomorphic and ice dynamic effects. Cryosphere, 13(10), 2789-2796. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2789-2019

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Livingstone SJ, Sole AJ, Storrar RD, Harrison D, Ross N, Bowling J. Brief communication: Subglacial lake drainage beneath Isunguata Sermia, West Greenland: Geomorphic and ice dynamic effects. Cryosphere. 2019 Oct 29;13(10):2789-2796. doi: 10.5194/tc-13-2789-2019

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Livingstone, S.J. ; Sole, A.J. ; Storrar, R.D. et al. / Brief communication : Subglacial lake drainage beneath Isunguata Sermia, West Greenland: Geomorphic and ice dynamic effects. In: Cryosphere. 2019 ; Vol. 13, No. 10. pp. 2789-2796.

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