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The Safest Dam

Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 128, Issue 2
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Volume 128Issue 2February 2002
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Michael A. Stevens
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Jack Linard
Jack Linard Consulting, Inc., St-Bruno, Quebec, Canada.

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