The microscopic mechanism of water immersion and collapsibility in Malan loess with different particle size
Fig 5
Test results of loess minerals with different clay content.
(A) Jingbian sandy loess (Jingbian County, northwestern Chinese Loess Plateau) A: Quartz; B: Albite; C: Muscovite; D: Calcite; (B)Yan’an silty loess (Jingyang County, southern Chinese Loess Plateau) A: Quartz; B: Albite; C: Muscovite; D: Calcite; (C)Jingyang clayey loess (Jingyang County, southern Chinese Loess Plateau) A: Quartz; B: Albite; C: Muscovite; D: Calcite; E: Kaolinite.