Meso-structural evolution of sandstone under uniaxial loading: A study on microdefect compaction and transgranular crack formation mechanisms

• Yaxin Zhang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations National Field Observation and Research Station of Landslides in Three Gorges Reservoir Area of Yangtze River, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China, Key Laboratory of Geological Hazards on Three Gorges Reservoir Area, Ministry of Education, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China, Hubei Key Laboratory of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2631-912X

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• Lixu Deng ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Lixudeng@ctgu.edu.cn (LD); zgd@ctgu.edu.cn (GZ)

  Affiliations National Field Observation and Research Station of Landslides in Three Gorges Reservoir Area of Yangtze River, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China, Key Laboratory of Geological Hazards on Three Gorges Reservoir Area, Ministry of Education, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China, Hubei Key Laboratory of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China

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• Guodong Zhang ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Lixudeng@ctgu.edu.cn (LD); zgd@ctgu.edu.cn (GZ)

  Affiliations National Field Observation and Research Station of Landslides in Three Gorges Reservoir Area of Yangtze River, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China, Key Laboratory of Geological Hazards on Three Gorges Reservoir Area, Ministry of Education, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China, Hubei Key Laboratory of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China

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• Shuyuan Duan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization

  Affiliations National Field Observation and Research Station of Landslides in Three Gorges Reservoir Area of Yangtze River, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China, Key Laboratory of Geological Hazards on Three Gorges Reservoir Area, Ministry of Education, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China, Hubei Key Laboratory of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China

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• Jianfei Yang

  Roles Data curation, Visualization

  Affiliation River Basin Hub Operation Management Center, China Three Gorges Corporation, Yichang, China

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