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8 - Hillslope processes and related sediment fluxes on a fine-grained scree slope of Eastern Canada

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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2016

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Daniel Germain  and
Bernard Hétu
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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. 79 - 95
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