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Original Articles

Characteristics of modern atmospheric dust deposition in snow on the Penny Ice Cap, Baffin Island, Arctic Canada

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Pages 506-520 | Received 11 Nov 1997, Accepted 29 Jul 1998, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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