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30 Jun 2010
Overview of rock glacier kinematics research in the Swiss Alps
R. Delaloye
Department of Geosciences, Geography, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 4, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
C. Lambiel
Institute of Geography, University of Lausanne, Quartier Dorigny, Bâtiment Anthropole, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
I. Gärtner-Roer
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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