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  1. Research Institute for Geo and Hydro Hazards - RIGHT, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Marko Komac

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  1. Sidney, BC, Canada

    Peter T. Bobrowsky

  2. London, UK

    Brian Marker

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Komac, M. (2018). GIS. 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_142

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