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  1. National Research Council La Plata National University Argentina, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Eduardo Kruse

  2. Department of Water Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran

    Saeid Eslamian & Sayedeh Zahra Hosseini-Teshnizi

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

    Kaveh Ostad-Ali-Askari

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  1. Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada Natural Resources Canada, Sidney, Ontario, Canada

    Peter Bobrowsky

  2. London, United Kingdom

    Brian Marker

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Kruse, E., Eslamian, S., Ostad-Ali-Askari, K., Hosseini-Teshnizi, S.Z. (2018). Borehole Investigations. In: Bobrowsky, P., Marker, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Engineering Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12127-7_32-2

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    Borehole Investigations
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12127-7_32-2

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