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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-1251-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-1251-2024
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05 Jun 2024
Research article |  | 05 Jun 2024

Multiproxy tree ring reconstruction of glacier mass balance: insights from Pinus cembra trees growing near Silvretta Glacier (Swiss Alps)

Jérôme Lopez-Saez, Christophe Corona, Lenka Slamova, Matthias Huss, Valérie Daux, Kurt Nicolussi, and Markus Stoffel

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Glaciers in the European Alps have been retreating since the 1850s. Monitoring glacier mass...
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