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Original Articles

Application of Landsat-7 satellite data and a DEM for the quantification of thermokarst-affected terrain types in the periglacial Lena–Anabar coastal lowland

Guido GrosseAlfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Research Unit Potsdam, Telegrafenberg A45, 14473 Potsdam, Germany, [email protected];
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Lutz SchirrmeisterAlfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Research Unit Potsdam, Telegrafenberg A45, 14473 Potsdam, Germany, [email protected];
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Timothy J. MalthusInstitute of Geography, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Drummond St., Edinburgh EH8 9XP, UK.
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