Areas of land near rivers or close to sea level may be prone to liquefaction hazards. Examples may include coastlines, marshes, areas with artificial fills and shallow groundwater.

THE liquefaction of air, and the rest of the so-called permanent gases, is an achievement which belongs to quite recent times. Faraday cooled and compressed gases by such means as were at his ...

Liquefaction only needs a few seconds to develop, but its effects are long-lasting. Sandy soils, silt, and gravel get separated with groundwater from a large earthquake, resulting in large ground ...

The January 1 Noto Peninsula Earthquake caused widespread liquefaction. Houses and roads sustained damage when loosely packed, waterlogged sediments at or near the ground surface lost their strength.

Soil liquefaction was also a major cause of the damage, said O P Mishra, head of the NCS. Soil liquefaction happens during a strong earthquake, when the ground starts acting like a liquid instead ...

Liquefaction occurs when the ground shifts ... Researchers sought to understand, for example, why some hospitals suffered earthquake damage and others did not. "We studied the spatial variability ...