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6 - The use of dendrogeomorphology to recognize the spatiotemporal distribution of snow avalanches in Northern Iceland – case studies from Dalsmynni, Ljósavatnsskarð, and Fnjóskadalur

from Part III - Solute and sedimentary fluxes in subarctic and Arctic environments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2016

By
Armelle Decaulne ,
Ólafur Eggertsson  and
Thorsteinn Sæmundsson
Edited by
Achim A. Beylich ,
John C. Dixon  and
Zbigniew Zwoliński
Achim A. Beylich
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Norway
John C. Dixon
Affiliation:
University of Arkansas
Zbigniew Zwoliński
Affiliation:
Adam Mickiewicz University
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Source-to-Sink Fluxes in Undisturbed Cold Environments , pp. 52 - 66
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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