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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 135Issue 6June 2009
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Received: Dec 15, 2008
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I. Anastasopoulos
Adjunct Lecturer, National Technical Univ. of Athens, Heroon Polytechneiou9, 15780 Zografou, Greece; Honorary Research Fellow, Univ. of Dundee, U.K.

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