Evaluation of poplar wood chips after 19 years of burial as swamp roadway fill

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 72-74

  Schmidt, Elmer ^a   Cochran, George ^b   Schrader, Craig ^b   Lukanen, Erland ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^c Braun Intertec Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 0006010892     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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