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Heinabergsjökull and Skalafellsjökull, Iceland: active temperate piedmont lobe and outwash head glacial landsystem

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Pages 415-431 | Received 14 Jan 2014, Accepted 27 Apr 2014, Published online: 16 May 2014

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