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Zapata, F., Garcia-Agudo, E., Ritchie, J.C., Appleby, P.G. (2002). Introduction. In: Zapata, F. (eds) Handbook for the Assessment of Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Using Environmental Radionuclides. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48054-9_1
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