Preferred Term:
soil liquefaction
Definition:
The change of the strength of a water saturated, cohesionless soil to that of a liquid, usually from intense ground shaking. On liquefaction a soil loses all its bearing strength.
Concept Schemes:
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URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/214720
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