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Designing Site Investigations

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    William H. Godwin

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    Brian Marker

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Godwin, W.H. (2016). Designing Site 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_86-1

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