Anthropogenic Features

Interpretation of Micromorphological Features of Soils and Regoliths

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 569-588

  Adderley, W Paul ^a   Wilson, Clare A ^a   Simpson, Ian A ^a   Davidson, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53156-8.00025-8     Document Type: Chapter

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