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Lichenometry and Schmidt hammer tests in the Kaunertal glacier foreland (Ötztal Alps) during the AMADEE-15 Mars Mission Simulation Cover

Lichenometry and Schmidt hammer tests in the Kaunertal glacier foreland (Ötztal Alps) during the AMADEE-15 Mars Mission Simulation

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|Dec 2017

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2017-0027 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046
Language: English
Page range: 190 - 196
Submitted on: Apr 26, 2017
Accepted on: Aug 9, 2017
Published on: Dec 29, 2017
Published by: Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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