The great storm and the fall of the first Tay Rail Bridge

Weather

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 347-350

  Burt, P J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77955209789     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/wea.199.04     Document Type: Article

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