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Comments on "Debris-Covered Glaciers in the Sierra Nevada, California, and Their Implications for Snowline Reconstruction," by D. H. Clark, M. M. Clark, and A. R. Gillespie

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Mathias Jacob*
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Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, 217 – 1984 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada
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