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The collapse of the Lower San Fernando Dam

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  1. V. A. Melent’ev
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Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel’stvo, No. 11, pp. 50–52, November, 1976.

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Melent’ev, V.A. The collapse of the Lower San Fernando Dam. Hydrotechnical Construction 10, 1143–1146 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02378620

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