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Eslamian, S., Parvizi, S., Ostad-Ali-Askari, K., Talebmorad, H. (2018). Water. In: Bobrowsky, P.T., Marker, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Engineering Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73568-9_295

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