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  2. Shrink–swell capacity - Wikipedia

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    The shrinkswell capacity of soils refers to the extent certain clay minerals will expand when wet and retract when dry. Soil with a high shrinkswell capacity is problematic and is known as shrinkswell soil, or expansive soil . [ 1 ]

  3. Expansive clay - Wikipedia

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    Expansive clay is a clay soil that is prone to large volume changes (swelling and shrinking) that are directly related to changes in water content. [1] Soils with a high content of expansive minerals can form deep cracks in drier seasons or years; such soils are called vertisols.

  4. Marine clay - Wikipedia

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    Marine clay is a type of clay found in coastal regions around the world. In the northern, deglaciated regions, it can sometimes be quick clay , which is notorious for being involved in landslides. Marine clay is a particle of soil that is dedicated to a particle size class, this is usually associated with USDA's classification with sand at 0 ...

  5. Soil compaction - Wikipedia

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    Soils with high shrinkswell capacity, such as vertisols, recover quickly from compaction where moisture conditions are variable (dry spells shrink the soil, causing it to crack). But clays such as kaolinite , which do not crack as they dry, cannot recover from compaction on their own unless they host ground-dwelling animals such as ...

  6. List of countries by natural disaster risk - Wikipedia

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    "World Bank's Hazard Risk Management". World Bank. Archived from the original on 2010-04-09 "Disaster News Network". Archived from the original on 2006-11-05 US news site focused on disaster-related news. "EM-DAT International Disaster Database". Archived from the original on 2008-08-11

  7. Hazard map - Wikipedia

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    Example of a hazard map. A hazard map is a map that highlights areas that are affected by or are vulnerable to a particular hazard. They are typically created for natural hazards, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, flooding and tsunamis. Hazard maps help prevent serious damage and deaths. [1]

  8. Slickenside - Wikipedia

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    In pedology, the study of soils in their natural environments, a slickenside is a surface of the cracks produced in soils containing a high proportion of swelling clays. Slickensides are a type of cutan. In the Australian Soil Classification, slickensides, along with lenticular structural aggregates, are an indicator of a vertisol. [18]

  9. Swelling index - Wikipedia

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    Swelling index may refer to the following material parameters that quantify volume change: Crucible swelling index, also known as free swelling index, in coal assay; Swelling capacity, the amount of a liquid that can be absorbed by a polymer; Shrinkswell capacity in soil mechanics; Unload-reload constant (κ) in critical state soil mechanics