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Hydrothermal Alteration

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Erguler, Z.A. (2018). Hydrothermal Alteration. 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_163-1

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