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Use of a portable topographic mapping millimetre wave radar at an active lava flow. / Macfarlane, D. G.; Wadge, G.; Robertson, D. A. et al.
In: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2006, p. L03301.

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Macfarlane, DG, Wadge, G, Robertson, DA, James, MR & Pinkerton, H 2006, 'Use of a portable topographic mapping millimetre wave radar at an active lava flow.', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. L03301. https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GL025005

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Macfarlane, D. G., Wadge, G., Robertson, D. A., James, M. R., & Pinkerton, H. (2006). Use of a portable topographic mapping millimetre wave radar at an active lava flow. Geophysical Research Letters, 33(3), L03301. https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GL025005

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Macfarlane DG, Wadge G, Robertson DA, James MR, Pinkerton H. Use of a portable topographic mapping millimetre wave radar at an active lava flow. Geophysical Research Letters. 2006;33(3):L03301. doi: 10.1029/2005GL025005

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Macfarlane, D. G. ; Wadge, G. ; Robertson, D. A. et al. / Use of a portable topographic mapping millimetre wave radar at an active lava flow. In: Geophysical Research Letters. 2006 ; Vol. 33, No. 3. pp. L03301.

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