Engineering geology and hazard assessment of excavated china clay slopes

Geoscience in South-West England

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 72-76

  Stead, D ^a   Coggan, J S ^a   Howe, J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMERYS MINERALS LTD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 39749139908     PISSN: 05663954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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