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Another name for saturated soil could be soil liquefaction.
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What does an earthquake do to saturated soil?
It can shake it about so that it liquefies.
When rain falls on a soil flooding at that location would most likely occur if?
If the soil is impervious clay, or the soil is already saturated by rain.
How does saturated soil increase the risk of flooding?
if it rains its more likely to get flooded
What is an underground area of soil sand or rock that is saturated with water called?
Sediment.
Rock below the soil is saturated mark the rim?
They mark the rim of the Water Table
What types of soil are prone to mudslides?
Saturated thixotropic soil.
The name given to the margin of the earth below which the layers of soil are saturated with water?
water table isobar
What is mean by saturated hydraulic conductivity?
Saturated hydraulic conductivity is a quantitative measure of a saturated soil's ability to transmit water when subjected to a hydraulic gradient. It can be thought of as the ease with which pores of a saturated soil permit water movement.
What is saturated ground?
Soil is saturated when it has reached its maximum water content; if any more is added, it will either drain downward or turn the soil into mud.
What is the difference between saturated and submerged soil?
when the voids of soil are just filled by water the soil mass is called saturated and when soil mass is submerged in water means the water level is above the the soil level or soil mass is drowned in water then soil mass is called submerged.
What does an earthquake do to saturated soil?
It can shake it about so that it liquefies.
What is a soil moisture surplus?
The soil in a region is saturated, and rainfall is greater than the need for the moisture.
What is Sudden movement of soil saturated with water?
mud slides
What are types of soil are found in estuaries?
rich and saturated with water
Why cant earthworms live in water or soil that is saturated?
they drown
When rain falls on a soil flooding at that location would most likely occur if?
If the soil is impervious clay, or the soil is already saturated by rain.
A saturated soil sample has a mass of 1.38kg and a volume of 0.6 liters. After dried in a oven for 24 hours the mass of th soil sample is 1.13kg. calculate mass of water?
Apparently, the mass of water is simply the difference between saturated soil mass and the dried soil mass and this is 0.25 kg. - grade
