The liquid limit of peat and its application to the understanding of Irish blanket bog failures

Landslides

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-216

  Yang, J ^a   Dykes, A P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blanket peat; Bogflows; Liquid limit; Mass movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747357790     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-006-0038-z     Document Type: Article

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