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Using the Point Load Test to Analyze the Strength Anisotropy of Quartz Mica Schist Along an Exploration Adit

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Professor Giovanni Barla and the reviewers for the valuable comments and helpful suggestions during the paper review process. The support provided by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB10030403) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41302235) is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. School of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China

    Xiao-Ping Zhang

  2. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Shunchuan Wu

  3. Key Laboratory of Shale Gas and Geoengineering, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China

    Lekan Olatayo Afolagboye & Sijing Wang

  4. Institute of Foundation Engineering, China Academy of Building Research, Beijing, 100013, China

    Gengyou Han

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Xiao-Ping Zhang was formerly with Key Laboratory of Shale Gas and Geoengineering, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.

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Zhang, XP., Wu, S., Afolagboye, L.O. et al. Using the Point Load Test to Analyze the Strength Anisotropy of Quartz Mica Schist Along an Exploration Adit. Rock Mech Rock Eng 49, 1967–1975 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-015-0792-0

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