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    Thomas Missimer

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Maliva, R., Missimer, T. (2012). Compaction and Land Subsidence. In: Arid Lands Water Evaluation and Management. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29104-3_15

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