Articles | Volume 14, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1849-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1849-2020
Brief communication
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10 Jun 2020
Brief communication |  | 10 Jun 2020

Brief communication: The influence of mica-rich rocks on the shear strength of ice-filled discontinuities

Philipp Mamot, Samuel Weber, Maximilian Lanz, and Michael Krautblatter

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A failure criterion for ice-filled rock joints is a prerequisite to accurately assess the stability of permafrost rock slopes. In 2018 a failure criterion was proposed based on limestone. Now, we tested the transferability to other rocks using mica schist and gneiss which provide the maximum expected deviation of lithological effects on the shear strength. We show that even for controversial rocks the failure criterion stays unaltered, suggesting that it is applicable to mostly all rock types.