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Bartoli, F., Regalado, C.M., Basile, A., Buurman, P., Coppola, A. (2007). Physical properties in European volcanic soils: a synthesis and recent developments. In: Arnalds, Ó., Óskarsson, H., Bartoli, F., Buurman, P., Stoops, G., García-Rodeja, E. (eds) Soils of Volcanic Regions in Europe. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48711-1_36

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