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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-2079-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-2079-2012
Research article
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21 Dec 2012
Research article |  | 21 Dec 2012

Sea-ice dynamics strongly promote Snowball Earth initiation and destabilize tropical sea-ice margins

A. Voigt and D. S. Abbot

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