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Comments on geotechnical properties of Adapazari silt by E. Arel and A. Önalp in bulletin of engineering geology and the environment (2012) 71:709–720 (doi:10.1007/s10064-012-0443-6)

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Netterberg, F. Comments on geotechnical properties of Adapazari silt by E. Arel and A. Önalp in bulletin of engineering geology and the environment (2012) 71:709–720 (doi:10.1007/s10064-012-0443-6). Bull Eng Geol Environ 72, 629–630 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-013-0493-4

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