Chemical and mineralogical heterogeneities of weathered igneous profiles: Implications for landslide investigations

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 315-322

  Duzgoren Aydin, N S ^a   Aydin, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 53749086798     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-6-315-2006     Document Type: Article

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