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  1. Geography/High Mountain Geomorphology, Geographical Institute, University of Göttingen, Goldschmidtstr. 5, 37077, Göttingen, Germany

    Lasafam Iturrizaga

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  1. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

    Vijay P. Singh

  2. New Delhi, India

    Pratap Singh

  3. University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, USA

    Umesh K. Haritashya

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Iturrizaga, L. (2011). Ablation Depression. 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_660

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