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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Mauro Soldati

  2. Department of Earth Sciences, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

    Francisco Gutiérrez

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    Peter Bobrowsky

  2. London, United Kingdom

    Brian Marker

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Gutiérrez, F., Soldati, M. (2018). Landforms. 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_181-1

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