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Debris-flow Hazards and Related Phenomena

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Rollerson, T.P., Millard, T.H., Collins, D.A. (2005). Debris flows and debris avalanches in Clayoquot Sound. In: Debris-flow Hazards and Related Phenomena. Springer Praxis Books. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27129-5_23

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