The effects of biogeotextiles on the stabilization of roadside slopes in Lithuania

Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 175-180

  Jankauskas, Benediktas ^a   Jankauskiene, Genovaite ^a   Fullen, Michael Augustine ^b   Booth, Colin Antony ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeotextiles; Roadside slopes; Soil erosion; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149313842     PISSN: 1822427X     EISSN: 18224288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/1822-427X.2008.3.175-180     Document Type: Article

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