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11Soil liquefaction — describes the behavior of loose saturated unconsolidated soils, i.e. loose sands, which go from a solid state to have the consistency of a heavy liquid, or reach a liquefied state as a consequence of increasing porewater pressures, and thus… …
12Carolina Bay — Carolina bays are elliptical depressions concentrated along the Atlantic seaboard within coastal Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, and northcentral Florida (Prouty 1952, Kaczorowski 1977). In… …
13Geotechnical investigation — Geotechnical investigations are performed by geotechnical engineers or engineering geologists to obtain information on the physical properties of soil and rock around a site to design earthworks and foundations for proposed structures and for… …
14Triaxial shear test — A triaxial shear test is a common method to measure the mechanical properties of many deformable solids, especially soil, sand, clay, and other granular materials or powders. There are several variations on the test, discussed below.Basic… …
15Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean …
16salt pan — noun Etymology: Middle English salt panne 1. : an undrained natural depression in which water gathers and leaves a deposit of salt on evaporation 2. : a large pan for making salt by evaporation * * * an undrained natural depression, as a crater… …
17Alkali flat — A sterile plain, containing an excess of alkali, at the bottom of an undrained basin in an arid region; a playa. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
18playa — noun Etymology: Spanish, literally, beach, from Late Latin plagia more at plage Date: 1854 the flat floored bottom of an undrained desert basin that becomes at times a shallow lake …
19salt pan — noun Date: 15th century an undrained natural depression in which water gathers and leaves a deposit of salt on evaporation …
20Tibet Autonomous Region — This article is about the administrative region of China. For the ethno cultural region, see Tibet. For other uses, see Tibet (disambiguation). Tibet Autonomous Region Xizang Autonomous Region Chinese : 西藏自治区 …
