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  1. Department of Geography, Durham University, Science Site, South Road, DH1 3LE, Durham, UK

    Chris R. Stokes

  2. Department of Physical Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

    Jarmo Korteniemi

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Stokes, C.R., Korteniemi, J. (2014). Drumlin. In: Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_161-1

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