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Thomas D. Hamilton, Thomas A. Ager, Stephen W. Robinson, Late Holocene Ice Wedges near Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.A.: Environmental Setting and History of Growth, Arctic and Alpine Research, Vol. 15, No. 2 (May, 1983), pp. 157-168
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