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spellingShingle Jezek, Kenneth C., Annals of Glaciology, Glaciological properties of the Antarctic ice sheet from RADARSAT-1 synthetic aperture radar imagery, Earth-Surface Processes
title Glaciological properties of the Antarctic ice sheet from RADARSAT-1 synthetic aperture radar imagery
title_full Glaciological properties of the Antarctic ice sheet from RADARSAT-1 synthetic aperture radar imagery
title_fullStr Glaciological properties of the Antarctic ice sheet from RADARSAT-1 synthetic aperture radar imagery
title_full_unstemmed Glaciological properties of the Antarctic ice sheet from RADARSAT-1 synthetic aperture radar imagery
title_short Glaciological properties of the Antarctic ice sheet from RADARSAT-1 synthetic aperture radar imagery
title_sort glaciological properties of the antarctic ice sheet from radarsat-1 synthetic aperture radar imagery
title_unstemmed Glaciological properties of the Antarctic ice sheet from RADARSAT-1 synthetic aperture radar imagery
topic Earth-Surface Processes
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