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  2. Soil liquefaction - Wikipedia

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    Soil liquefaction occurs when a cohesionless saturated or partially saturated soil substantially loses strength and stiffness in response to an applied stress such as shaking during an earthquake or other sudden change in stress condition, in which material that is ordinarily a solid behaves like a liquid.

  3. Liquefaction - Wikipedia

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    In materials science, liquefaction [1] is a process that generates a liquid from a solid or a gas [2] or that generates a non-liquid phase which behaves in accordance with fluid dynamics. [3] It occurs both naturally and artificially .

  4. Quicksand - Wikipedia

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    Soil liquefaction may occur in partially saturated soil when it is shaken by an earthquake or similar forces. The movement combined with an increase in pore pressure (of groundwater) leads to the loss of particle cohesion , causing buildings or other objects on that surface to sink.

  5. Soil mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Soil mechanics is a branch of soil physics and applied ... The condition of zero effective stress associated with upward seepage is also called liquefaction, ...

  6. Sand boil - Wikipedia

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    The process is often associated with soil liquefaction and the ejection of fluidized sand that can occur in water-saturated sediments during an earthquake. The New Madrid seismic zone exhibited many such features during the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes. [3]

  7. Ground failure - Wikipedia

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    The term ground failure is a general reference to landslides, liquefaction, lateral spreads, and any other consequence of shaking that affects the stability of the ground. This usually takes place as an after-effect of an earthquake , and is one of the major causes of destruction after an earthquake.

  8. 10 best Walmart Advent calendars that haven't sold out yet

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    It's Advent calendar season, and if you haven't picked up your treat for the year, you may have missed your window. Many of the year's best Advent calendars have sold out already, like the Bonne ...

  9. Glossary of geology - Wikipedia

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    soil liquefaction The process describing the behavior of soils that, when loaded, suddenly suffer a transition from a solid state to a liquefied state, or which have the consistency of a heavy liquid. sorting Sorting describes the distribution of grain size of sediments, either in unconsolidated deposits or in sedimentary rocks. Very poorly ...