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  1. Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA

    Abdul Shakoor

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  1. Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Kanata, Ontario, Canada

    Peter T. Bobrowsky

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    Brian Marker

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Shakoor, A. (2016). Atterberg Limits. In: Bobrowsky, P., Marker, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Engineering Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12127-7_22-1

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