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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-377-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-377-2014
Research article
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20 Feb 2014
Research article |  | 20 Feb 2014

What controls the isotopic composition of Greenland surface snow?

H. C. Steen-Larsen, V. Masson-Delmotte, M. Hirabayashi, R. Winkler, K. Satow, F. Prié, N. Bayou, E. Brun, K. M. Cuffey, D. Dahl-Jensen, M. Dumont, M. Guillevic, S. Kipfstuhl, A. Landais, T. Popp, C. Risi, K. Steffen, B. Stenni, and A. E. Sveinbjörnsdottír

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