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Erosion rates deduced from seasonal mass balance along the upper Urumqi River in Tianshan
Y. Liu
Institut de physique du globe de Paris – Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS, UMR 7154, 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France
Key Laboratory of Water Environment and Resource, Tianjin Normal University, 393 Binshui west road, Tianjin 300387, China
F. Métivier
Institut de physique du globe de Paris – Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS, UMR 7154, 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France
J. Gaillardet
Institut de physique du globe de Paris – Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS, UMR 7154, 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France
B. Ye
The States Key laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Cold and Arid Region Environmental and Engineering and Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences 260 Donggang west road, Lanzhou, China
P. Meunier
Département de Géologie, UMR8538, CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France
C. Narteau
Institut de physique du globe de Paris – Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS, UMR 7154, 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France
E. Lajeunesse
Institut de physique du globe de Paris – Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS, UMR 7154, 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France
T. Han
The States Key laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Cold and Arid Region Environmental and Engineering and Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences 260 Donggang west road, Lanzhou, China
L. Malverti
Institut de physique du globe de Paris – Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS, UMR 7154, 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France
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