Research Article
Material Weakening of Slip Zone Soils Induced by Water Level Fluctuation in the Ancient Landslides of Three Gorges Reservoir
Table 3
Results of the XRD tests under different wet-dry cycles.
| Cycles | Minerals and their relative content (%) | Feldspar | Quartz | Calcite | Montmorillonite-chlorite | Illite | Kaolinite | Montmorillonite |
| 0 | 2.36 | 33.92 | 53.74 | 2.88 | 2.76 | 1.56 | 2.78 | 1 | 2.61 | 33.7 | 53.06 | 2.97 | 2.98 | 1.66 | 3.02 | 2 | 3.12 | 32.56 | 52.88 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.08 | 3.46 | 3 | 3.79 | 32.04 | 51.58 | 3.2 | 3.32 | 2.36 | 3.71 | 4 | 4.57 | 31.66 | 50.37 | 2.98 | 3.64 | 2.73 | 4.03 | 5 | 4.66 | 30.97 | 49.76 | 3.23 | 3.82 | 2.99 | 4.37 | 6 | 4.85 | 30.62 | 49.57 | 3.11 | 3.72 | 3.28 | 4.82 |
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