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A new classification scheme for ice shelves based on mechanisms of mass gain and loss

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

David G. Vaughan
David G. Vaughan
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British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET
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Polar Record , Volume 34 , Issue 188 , January 1998 , pp. 56 - 58
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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