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Soil suddenly liquefies, 'swallows' excavator in front of people
This is the bizarre moment the soil turned into liquid, swallowing an excavator and the driver had to jump out to escape.
Liquefaction
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Articles about Liquefaction
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The culprit turns solid objects into liquid, sinking cargo ships
Solid goods such as crushed or sand ore can suddenly turn into liquid form and submerge cargo ships weighing hundreds of thousands of tons.
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The ground heaves like a wave of water under a digging bucket
A worker who controls the excavator records the moment when a large sandy area underneath the bobbing machine floats like ripple waves in Kitimat, British Columbia, Cana…
Environment
Shock: Land in Indonesia
Specifically, the ground in some areas is observed shifting around like flowing and even waves are formed.
Environment
Japanese earthquake made land very serious
The level of damage of the earthquake on March 11 in Japan is not the only thing that makes geologists surprised. This fourth powerful earthquake also caused extensive a…
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Technology to turn waste water into biological crude oil
US scientists use hydrothermal liquefaction technology with high temperature and pressure to turn waste water into bio-crude in minutes.