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5 - The frozen frontier

The extractives super cycle in a time of glacier recession

from Part I - Global drivers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2015

Christian Huggel
Affiliation:
Universität Zürich
Mark Carey
Affiliation:
University of Oregon
John J. Clague
Affiliation:
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
Andreas Kääb
Affiliation:
Universitetet i Oslo
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The High-Mountain Cryosphere
Environmental Changes and Human Risks
, pp. 71 - 89
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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