WU Songlin, FU Wei, CHEN Baodong, WU Yuqi, HAN Wei, ZHU Yong-Guan, HUANG Longbin . Ecological engineering of soil formation in mine tailings: Theory and technology#br#[J]. Science & Technology Review, 0 : 1 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2024.11.01611

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