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

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

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1849-2020

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1849-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1849-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

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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RC1: 'Reviewer comments to Mamot et al', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Mar 2020
- AC1: 'Author response to the comments of referee 1', Philipp Mamot, 16 Apr 2020
RC2: 'Review Comments', Lukas U. Arenson, 11 Apr 2020
- AC2: 'Author response to the comments of referee 2', Philipp Mamot, 16 Apr 2020

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (03 May 2020) by Ylva Sjöberg

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ED: Publish as is (05 May 2020) by Ylva Sjöberg

Short summary

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.