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This study was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2023YFC3081200), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 42077264), the Science and Technology Project of PowerChina Huadong Engineering (Fujian) Co., Ltd. (No. HDEC-2022-0301). Two anonymous reviewers are thanked for their constructive suggestions. The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-023-2007-z.
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Chen, L., Ge, Y., Zeng, X. et al. Rapid Evaluation of Rock Mass Integrity of Engineering Slopes Using Three-Dimensional Laser Scanning. J. Earth Sci. 34, 1920–1925 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-023-2007-z
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