Landslides of the Dorset Coast
- ISBN-10
- 0902374060
- ISBN-13
- 9780902374065
- Category
- Geomorphology
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990-01-01
- Authors
- Robert J. Allison, British Geomorphological Research Group, University College
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