Proglacial methane emissions driven by meltwater and groundwater flushing in a high-Arctic glacial catchment

Kleber, Gabrielle E.; Magerl, Leonard; Turchyn, Alexandra V.; Schloemer, Stefan; Trimmer, Mark; Zhu, Yizhu; Hodson, Andrew

doi:10.5194/bg-22-659-2025

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Proglacial methane emissions driven by meltwater and groundwater flushing in a high-Arctic glacial catchment

Gabrielle E. Kleber, Leonard Magerl, Alexandra V. Turchyn, Stefan Schloemer, Mark Trimmer, Yizhu Zhu, and Andrew Hodson

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