liquefied soil deposits

/ˈlɪkwɪfaɪd sɔɪl dɪˈpɒzɪts/

noun phrase

  1. Layers or accumulations of soil that have temporarily lost their strength and behaved like a liquid, usually because shaking caused water-saturated ground to lose stability.

    C1

    plural countable noun phrasetechnical, formal

    • "The earthquake caused liquefied soil deposits to spread across the riverbank."B2
    • "During the earthquake, the liquefied soil deposits caused significant damage to the buildings."B2
    • "Engineers examined the liquefied soil deposits to assess the risk of further ground failure."C1

Collocations

soil liquefactionliquefaction of soilliquefied sedimentswater-saturated soilearthquake-induced liquefaction

Word family

liquefyliquefactionsoildepositsediment