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Helena M. N. P. V. Fernandez and Fernando M. G. Martins
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Algarve, Campus da Penha, Faro, Portugal
João L. M. P. de Lima
IMAR - Marine and Environmental Research Centre, Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Coimbra, Rua Luís Reis Santos, Campus II - University of Coimbra,
Coimbra, Portugal
Acknowledgement
This research was partly supported by project PTDC/ECM/105446/2008, funded by the
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and by the Operational
Programme “Thematic Factors of Competitiveness” (COMPETE) through the European
Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The three first authors wish to acknowledge FCT
Ph.D. grants SFRH/PROTEC/49736/2009, SFRH/PROTEC/67603/2010 and SFRH/PROTEC/
67438/2010, respectively. The second and third authors also wish to express their gratitude
to research group MED_Soil of the Department of Crystallography, Mineralogy and
Agricultural Chemistry of the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Seville, Spain.
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