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Engineering for debris flows in New Zealand

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Debris-flow Hazards and Related Phenomena

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McSaveney, M.J., Davies, T.R. (2005). Engineering for debris flows in New Zealand. In: Debris-flow Hazards and Related Phenomena. Springer Praxis Books. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27129-5_25

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