Plant root strength and slope stability

Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series

Volumn Part 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 622-627

  Kuriakose, Sekhar Lukose ^a   van Beek, L P H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85051394980     PISSN: 13884360     EISSN: 1871756X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3585-1_222     Document Type: Chapter

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