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Variations Between δ18O in Recently Deposited Snow and on-Site Air Temperature, Upper Fremont Glacier, Wyoming

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Earth Paleoenvironments: Records Preserved in Mid- and Low-Latitude Glaciers

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Naftz, D.L., Susong, D.D., Cecil, L.D., Schuster, P.F. (2004). Variations Between δ18O in Recently Deposited Snow and on-Site Air Temperature, Upper Fremont Glacier, Wyoming. In: DeWayne Cecil, L., Green, J.R., Thompson, L.G. (eds) Earth Paleoenvironments: Records Preserved in Mid- and Low-Latitude Glaciers. Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2146-1_11

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