- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10035977
- Publisher / Repository:
- DOI PREFIX: 10.1029
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
- Volume:
- 122
- Issue:
- 5
- ISSN:
- 2169-9003
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 1182 to 1200
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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