liquefaction
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Liquefaction can cause structures to tilt, or it can lead to a more dramatic phenomenon known as “lateral spreading” in which buildings on suddenly fluid soil slide down gentle slopes, such as toward river banks.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2024
Dominating that cyborg skyline is the tower flare at the Corpus Christi Liquefaction facility, owned by gas giant Cheniere.
From Salon • Feb. 1, 2023
Liquefaction had a different outcome in two urban neighborhoods, Petobo and a section of Balaroa.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2018
Liquefaction also creates sand volcanoes, cone-shaped features created when liquefied sand is squirted through an overlying and usually finer-grained layer.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Evidence derived from Liquefaction of one or both of the Gases.—The gases in a mixture can often be separated by liquefying, or even solidifying, one or both of the components.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
