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Authors and Affiliations

1. Dept. of Mining Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

   Mehdi Yazdanparast

2. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

   Hossein Ayyab Koushkgozar

3. School of Geology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

   Jafar Hassanpour

4. Dept. of Engineering Geology, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran

   Abolfazl Kahaki

5. Dept. of Engineering Geology, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

   Mohsen Khodagholi

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Mehdi Yazdanparast.