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Mechanical Properties and Failure Patterns of Migmatized Gneiss with Metamorphic Foliation Under UCS Test

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The research was funded by Project of the Institute of Clean Technologies for Mining and Utilization of Raw Materials for Energy Use under National Sustainability Program I (identification code: LO1406). The article was also supported by a project for the long-term conceptual development of research organisations (RVO: 68145535). The work was also written in connection with a project r/o no. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_013/0001792; RINGEN—research infrastructure upgrade, supported by the Research, Development and Education Operational Programme.

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  2. Department of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, No 2 Kotlarska, 61137, Brno, Czech Republic

    Andrea Berčáková & Rostislav Melichar

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Berčáková, A., Melichar, R. & Souček, K. Mechanical Properties and Failure Patterns of Migmatized Gneiss with Metamorphic Foliation Under UCS Test. Rock Mech Rock Eng 53, 2007–2013 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-019-02012-2

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