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Frontal changes in the Manimahesh and Tal Glaciers in the Ravi basin, Himachal Pradesh, northwestern Himalaya (India), between 1971 and 2013

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Pages 4095-4113 | Received 20 Feb 2015, Accepted 15 Jul 2015, Published online: 14 Aug 2015

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