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Jul 1, 1989

Discussion of “Cost‐Effectiveness of Breakwater Cross Sections” by Orson P. Smith (September, 1987, Vol. 113, No. 5)

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Volume 115Issue 4July 1989
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Chairman/ret. Department of Port and Ocean Engineering, Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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