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Sudden draining of ice-dammed lakes in Spitsbergen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

M. J. Hambrey
M. J. Hambrey
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Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ
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Polar Record , Volume 22 , Issue 137 , May 1984 , pp. 189 - 194
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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