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Basal Sediment Evacuation by Subglacial Drainage Systems

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    Darrel A. Swift

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Swift, D.A. (2011). Basal Sediment Evacuation by Subglacial Drainage Systems. In: Singh, V.P., Singh, P., Haritashya, U.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2642-2_473

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