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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,243 Views
16 Pages

11 February 2023

Natural disasters, including collapse, landslides, and debris flows, commonly occur in the Yili River Valley as a result of its distinctive terrain and climate. A large proportion of these are loess landslides. Hence, studying the mechanism of their...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
3,375 Views
19 Pages

The Trend of Permeability of Loess in Yili, China, under Freeze–Thaw Cycles and Its Microscopic Mechanism

  • Qianli Lv,
  • Zizhao Zhang,
  • Tiandong Zhang,
  • Ruihua Hao and ,
  • Zezhou Guo,
  • Xuebang Huang,
  • Jianhua Zhu and
  • Tianchao Liu
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

17 November 2021

Loess landslides induced by the freeze–thaw effect frequently occur in Yili, China. Freeze–thaw cycles cause indelible changes in the soil microstructure, affecting its permeability. This study investigated the impacts of freeze–thaw cycles on the pe...

(This article belongs to the Section Hydrology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,918 Views
21 Pages

14 August 2023

The loess in Yili Valley is prone to landslides in the rainy season. We studied the influence law of shrinkage and the microstructure of the loess in Yili Valley under different wetting and drying cycles. Considering the climatic conditions and sampl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancements in Water and Soil Related Disaster Prevention: Exploring Emerging Topics and Innovations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
2,799 Views
24 Pages

Effect of Mica Content on Shear Strength of the Yili Loess under the Dry-Wet Cycling Condition

  • Guangming Shi,
  • Xinyu Li,
  • Zekun Guo,
  • Zizhao Zhang and
  • Yanyang Zhang

4 August 2022

Loess landslides caused by the dry-wet cycling processes are the most common geological disasters in the Yili region of China and have caused significant economic loss and casualties. Therefore, there is an urgency to study the mechanism of landslide...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,121 Views
21 Pages

Investigation of Changes to Triaxial Shear Strength Parameters and Microstructure of Yili Loess with Drying–Wetting Cycles

  • Ruihua Hao,
  • Zizhao Zhang,
  • Zezhou Guo,
  • Xuebang Huang and ,
  • Qianli Lv,
  • Jiahao Wang and
  • Tianchao Liu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

29 December 2021

This research examined the drying–wetting cycles induced changes in undrained triaxial shear strength parameters and microstructural changes of Yili loess. The drying–wetting cycles were selected as 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 20 and 30. Then, we col...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,962 Views
24 Pages

Shear Strength of Loess in the Yili Region and Corresponding Degradation Mechanisms under Different Cycling Modes

  • Yongliang Zhang,
  • Zizhao Zhang,
  • Wanhong Hu,
  • Yanyang Zhang and ,
  • Guangming Shi and
  • Yamei Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

27 September 2023

In the Yili region, China, complex environmental conditions induce repeated wet–dry (WD) and freeze–thaw (FT) cycles, deteriorating soil shear strength and producing frequent loess landslides. In this study, we collected soil samples from...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,363 Views
22 Pages

A Study on Improving the Macro- and Micromechanical Properties of Loess Deposits from the Yili Basin: Enzyme-Induced Carbonate Precipitation (EICP) Technique

  • Yuan Xue,
  • Ai Zhang,
  • Guangming Shi,
  • Dejun Yang and ,
  • Weiming Guan,
  • Junhui Zhang,
  • Xinhui Pan,
  • Dingyu Wang and
  • Chao Jin
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

16 November 2025

China’s loess deposits exhibit high vulnerability to deformation under precipitation and snowmelt, posing significant risks to infrastructure. This study utilized enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation (EICP) to enhance the mechanical propertie...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue A Research on Sustainable Prevention and Management of Geological Disasters in Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,018 Views
17 Pages

Effect of Freeze-Thaw on Mechanical Properties of Loess with Different Moisture Content in Yili, Xinjiang

  • Zekun Guo,
  • Zizhao Zhang,
  • Yanxiao Mu,
  • Ting Li and ,
  • Yanyang Zhang and
  • Guangming Shi
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

10 September 2022

Various geological disasters such as collapses, landslides, and mudslides occur frequently in Yili, Xinjiang. The loess in this area provides a basis for the occurrence of landslides and other disasters. At the same time, Yili Valley is typically a s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
2,204 Views
18 Pages

30 June 2023

Landslides frequently occur in the loess-rich Yili region of Xinjiang, China, due to the combined effects of wetting-drying and freeze-thaw (WD-FT) cycles, which cause changes in the soil/loess internal structure and shear strength. This paper explor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,941 Views
17 Pages

29 October 2023

Collapsibility is a unique engineering geological property of loess. Choosing appropriate parameters to build the prediction model of loess collapsibility is an essential step toward solving the loess collapsibility problem. A case study was performe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
564 Views
18 Pages

15 May 2026

As a typical mountain ecosystem in the western Tianshan Mountains, the Ili River Valley possesses abundant vegetation resources. Soil nematodes are effective biological indicators for evaluating soil micro-food webs. Nevertheless, the response mechan...

(This article belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
  • Article
  • Open Access
575 Views
23 Pages

Nutrient Limitation and Ecological Chemicalometry Reveal the Impacts of Long-Term Continuous Cropping on Lavender Rhizosphere Soil

  • Deshuai Sun,
  • Junyan Fan,
  • Shuyue Fang,
  • Cuiling Ye and ,
  • Suqing Li and
  • Xiaolan Li
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

12 May 2026

To elucidate the mechanisms of nutrient cycling in rhizosphere soil and microbial metabolism during the prolonged continuous cropping of lavender, this study examined the rhizosphere soil of lavender with different continuous cropping years (1, 4, 7,...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,716 Views
17 Pages

30 November 2024

The Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) is ecologically fragile, and water resources are extremely scarce. Soil thermal conductivity (λ) is a vital parameter for controlling surface heat transfer and is the key to studying the energy exchange and wate...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)