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Discussion of “Quality of Conventional Fixed Piston Samplers of Norwegian Soft Clay” by Michael Long, Nouri El Hadj, and Knut Hagberg

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Volume 136Issue 4April 2010
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Received: Jun 30, 2009
Accepted: Sep 4, 2009
Published online: Mar 15, 2010
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R. D. Holtz, Ph.D., D.GE., Dist.M.ASCE [email protected]
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