Meso-Scale Shear Physics In Earthquake And Landslide Mechanics

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Book Title: Meso-Scale Shear Physics In Earthquake And Landslide Mechani...

Number of Pages: 294 Pages

Publication Name: Meso-Scale Shear Physics in Earthquake and Landslide Mechanics

Language: English

Publisher: CRC Press LLC

Subject: Physics / Geophysics, Structural, Civil / General, Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Civil / Earthquake

Publication Year: 2009

Item Height: 0.8 in

Item Weight: 24.9 Oz

Type: Textbook

Author: Ioannis Vardoulakis

Item Length: 10 in

Subject Area: Nature, Technology & Engineering, Science

Item Width: 6.7 in

Format: Hardcover