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Soil survey interpretation for engineering purposes

Year of publication 1973

Pages 28

Author Land and Water Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Category Bulletin

Series title FAO Soils Bulletin

Series number 0253-2050

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The purpose of this publication is to provide some guidelines that will assist workers in developing countries in improving use of their soil maps and data in helping to solve some of the engineering problems associated with economic development.

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