Ice-dammed lake drainage evolution at russell glacier, west greenland

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Author: Mallalieu, Joseph
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2017
• Subjects: GB Physical geography; GE Environmental Sciences; Dammed Lake; Greenland; glacier
• Online Access: http://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/4855/; http://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/4855/1/1_Carrivick%20et%20al.%202017.pdf; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2017.00100/full; https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2017.00100

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