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Corrigendum to "A systematic review on landslide triggering thresholds based on rainfall characteristics" [Heliyon
Fernanda Cristina Gonçalves Gonzalez1, Maria do Carmo Reis Cavacanti2, Wagner Nahas Ribeiro2
1Programa de Engenharia Ambiental - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Heliyon
|April 9, 2025
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23247.].
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