Introduction Tropical dry forests (TDF) are not only the most widespread tropical forest type but also threatened ecosystem worldwide. Yet, because their dynamics have been insufficiently studied, our knowledge about factors responsible for spatial and temporal variability in TDF remains very limited. In this study, we aimed (1) to assess effects of two lithological substrates on structure, div...

The tensile strength of rocks plays a noteworthy role in their failure mechanism, and its determination can be beneficial in optimizing the design of the rock structures. Schistose rocks due to their inherent anisotropy in different foliation directions show a diverse strength at each direction. The purpose of this work was to compare and assess the tensile strength of phyllite, which was obtai...

The accurate understanding of the influence confining pressure on mechanical characteristics soft rock and how to comprehensively consider this in elastoplastic analysis tunnels are fundamental premises for effective evaluation deformation control stability tunnels. Therefore, paper firstly investigates effect strength phyllite slate, using triaxial experiment results proposed variable models p...

Muscovite is a major constituent mineral in the continental crust that exhibits very strong seismic anisotropy. alignment rocks can significantly affect magnitude and symmetry of In this study, deformation microstructures muscovite-quartz phyllites from Geumseongri Formation Gunsan, Korea, were studied to investigate relationship between muscovite chlorite fabrics strongly deformed anisotropy o...