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Original Articles

56 years of solifluction measurements in the abisko mountains, northern sweden – analysis of temporal and spatial variations of slow soil surface movement

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Pages 215-232 | Received 01 Jan 2009, Accepted 01 Mar 2009, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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