Review Reports

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments to authors:

1.      The introduction is short, some content should be added to the introduction.

2.     Please provide the location of the study area in one figure in the materials and methods.

3.     Please check the manuscript grammar with a native English person. In some cases, there are errors and they should be corrected and improved.

Author Response

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Reviewer 2 Report

In the "Figure 2. Trend diagram of test factors and indexes." to give certainty at n= 81 for example, it would be correct to give one more point for lower values for a1- Explain the negative value a1 and a3 (Figure 2. Trend diagram of test factors and indexes.)

 

- Expand the explanation of the meaning of angle B1, B2 and B3 (Figure 2. Trend diagram of test factors and indexes).

 

- What is the interpretation of Figure C3 (Figure 3. Relationship between shear stress and shear deformation of samples with 20%, 30% and 224, 40% water content.

 

- In the "Figure 4. For each sample with 20%, 30%, 40% water content τs- σs scatter plot and fitting line." For the calculation mention the method the formula and justify mostly why you applied this method.

 

- Missing to a discussion

Author Response

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