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NALT Completo

Preferred term

licuefacción del suelo

Type

Topic

Definition

Cambio de la fuerza de un suelo saturado de agua no cohesivo a la de un líquido, a menudo como resultado de una intensa sacudida del suelo. En la licuefacción, el suelo pierde toda su fuerza de empuje.
Source: Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station
Type: https://lod.nal.usda.gov/naltv#Definition

Broader concept

licuefacción

Related concepts

In other languages

soil liquefaction

English

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/214720

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