Earthquakes can cause liquefaction of sandy or loose soils causing the buildings above to collapse. From LearnThat.org.
Along the Rose Canyon Fault is something scientists called liquefaction, which is when the ground is considered sandy or soft and it acts like gelatin during an earthquake. From Wordnik.com. [10News.com - Local News] Reference
Experts said another anticipated fallout from the liquefaction is a decline in Urayasu's property prices. From Wordnik.com. [Quake Bogs Down a Tokyo Suburb] Reference
BUT, coal liquefaction is pretty simple. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Drill, Baby, Drill] Reference
I point out the liquefaction to a random woman who is walking past, mostly because I have never had an excuse to use the word "liquefaction" in a sentence before. From Wordnik.com. [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference
If liquefaction is present, note shape and character. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
But are the liquefaction and regasification plants safe?. From Wordnik.com. [Fuel's Future] Reference
Construction has begun on a commercial scale coal liquefaction plant in. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
This process is continued until the temperature is lowered to the point of liquefaction. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
Promoting its liquefaction with the spoon, you enjoy it through the mediation of a straw. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859] Reference
The temperatures being far above that of liquefaction, the gases are cooled very rapidly. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887] Reference
Coal gasification and liquefaction will augment global oil and gas resources in the future. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
Below the critical temperature, a lower pressure than this effects liquefaction of the gas. From Wordnik.com. [Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use] Reference
The ground was dotted with decayed stumps, and covered with snow in a state of semi-liquefaction. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference
The horror, the fright of people when they experience an earthquake is, in one word, liquefaction. From Wordnik.com. [Interview: 'No Victors, No Defeated'] Reference
Zanini E. and Ugolini F.C. (2004) Segregated ice and liquefaction effects on compaction of fragipans. From Wordnik.com. [Contributor: Riccardo Scalenghe] Reference
Oman has three LNG production trains with total annual liquefaction capacity of about 10 MMt (485 Bcf). From Wordnik.com. [Energy profile of Oman] Reference
Moreover, it was, and still is, saturated with bay waters, providing the perfect conditions for liquefaction. From Wordnik.com. [Fault Line]
It occurs mostly in weak, poorly drained materials, when a point of liquefaction is reached following heavy rain. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 3] Reference
The long duration of shaking could trigger numerous slides on steep slopes and cause liquefaction in isolated areas. From Wordnik.com. [An Assessment of the Consequences and Preparations for a Catastrophic California Earthquake: Findings and Actions Taken Prepared By Federal Emergency Management Agency] Reference
Slumping or flow where material is poorly drained or has low cohesion between particles and liquefaction is reached. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
These include rapid liquefaction of the starch and pasteurization of the product because of the elevated temperature. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 11] Reference
Or contorted bedding-lines that should be horizontal all humped up and around as a result of slumping or soil liquefaction. From Wordnik.com. [Fault Line]
It is here that the supposed miracle of the liquefaction of the blood of St. Januarius is "performed" twice or thrice a year. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
It is also most widely used on poorly drained materials where an increase in infiltration can lead to liquefaction of the soil. From Wordnik.com. [3.1 Planted grass lines: contour/horizontal] Reference
Again, it is necessary that both aspects of the anaerobic digestion process - liquefaction and gasification - be well balanced. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 15] Reference
Drier materials tend to be more stable than wetter ones - many failures occur when the material reaches a point of liquefaction. From Wordnik.com. [1.1 Problems of slopes and their solutions] Reference
The Spanish firm Union Fenosa built a single-train liquefaction facility at Damietta, which shipped its first cargo in January 2005. From Wordnik.com. [Energy profile of Egypt] Reference
A gaseous element, oxygen forms 21% of the Earth's atmosphere by volume and is obtained by liquefaction and fractional distillation. From Wordnik.com. [Oxygen] Reference
The airport is an open area, and unless you have ground defamation, liquefaction, heaving, airplanes should be able to land and take off. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2010] Reference
Apart from producing liquefaction and vaporization, heat has also the property of acting on physical matter so that its volume increases. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
At the completion of liquefaction, the temperature was reduced to 60 C and amyloglucosidase (AMG 150, liquid; Novo Industrials) was added. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 11] Reference
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