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Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 2, pp. 11–14, March–April, 1989.
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Minkin, M.A., Kuzenyatkin, A.I. & Shilin, N.A. Field methods of investigating the physicomechanical properties of permafrost. Soil Mech Found Eng 26, 54–60 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02306763
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