%0 Dataset %T Test data set of mechanical properties and mineral composition of typical loess in Gansu Province, Qinghai Province and some areas of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (2019-2020) %J National Cryosphere Desert Data Center %I National Cryosphere Desert Data Center(www.ncdc.ac.cn) %U http://www.ncdc.ac.cn/portal/metadata/8601a987-5927-4796-9332-21d01a5a801f %W NCDC %R 10.12072/ncdc.LANDSLIDE.db2035.2022 %A None %K Malan loess;mechanical properties;mineral composition %X The data set includes the tests of clay mineral types and total mineral analysis of different soil properties in different regions of the Loess Plateau and the tests of mechanical property indexes such as shear strength, tensile strength and compressive strength of Malan Loess in Lanzhou, Gansu Province under different water content with strong disturbance of human engineering activities, so as to obtain various mechanical strength parameters.