AUTHOR=An Ran , Liu Xinyu , Zhang Xianwei , Gan Shilong TITLE=Editorial: Multiscale characterizations of special soils and the geotechnical implications JOURNAL=Frontiers in Earth Science VOLUME=12 YEAR=2024 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/articles/10.3389/feart.2024.1490342 DOI=10.3389/feart.2024.1490342 ISSN=2296-6463