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Soltani, A. Comments on “effect of wetting–drying–freezing–thawing cycles on the swelling behaviour of the Yanji mudstone” [Environ Earth Sci (2019) 78: 435]. Environ Earth Sci 78, 512 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-019-8522-7
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