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Discussion of “Effect of Desiccation on Compacted Natural Clays” by Brian A. Albrecht and Craig H. Benson
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Charles M. O. Nwaiwu
Lecturer I, Dept. of Civil and Water Resources Engineering, Univ. of Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Kolawole J. Osinubi, M.ASCE
Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Ahmadu Bello Univ., Zaria, Nigeria.
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