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{{Short description|Mixture of sand, silt or clay with water, which creates a liquefied soil when agitated}} ...saturated loose sand when the sand is suddenly agitated. When water in the sand cannot escape, it creates a [[Liquefaction|liquefied]] soil that loses stre ...

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...nch Engineer [[Henry Darcy]] who first described the flow of water through sand filters for potable water supply. Permeability values for most materials co ! style="text-align:right" | Unconsolidated sand and gravel ...

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Unconsolidated sand – seasonal shifts.<ref name="Gerwick 2007" />{{rp|Ch 2.13}} ...form where there are strong currents, which may move with the currents, as sand is lifted by flow over the back of the dune, and dropped at the front. This ...

...superior to other concrete recipes (for example, those consisting of only sand and lime)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/ ...ructions that are commonly published on packets of cement, typically using sand or other common material as the aggregate, and often mixed in improvised co ...

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..., [[froth]] is generated to separate the rich minerals or bitumen from the sand and clays. Froth contains air that tends to block conventional pumps and ca ...l pumps to sit on or in mud tanks. The types of centrifugal pumps used are sand pumps, submersible slurry pumps, shear pumps, and charging pumps. They are ...

...he Desert Ultra - Sand Dunes.jpg|thumb|Natural patterns form as wind blows sand in the dunes of the [[Namib Desert]]. The [[barchan|crescent shaped dunes]] ...d curvature of each loop increases as [[helical flow]] drags material like sand and gravel across the river to the inside of the bend. The outside of the l ...

...ir, or by materials intended to speed the quenching of the arc. [[Silica]] sand or non-conducting liquids may be used. ...RS Components|website=uk.rs-online.com}}</ref> and are usually filled with sand or a similar material.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Book ...

...e=en}}</ref> The snubbing winch is used to pull vehicles out of mud, snow, sand, rocks, and water, and to pull vehicles through or over obstacles. The winc ...

...eels for rolling over unpaved surfaces, like hiking trails, snow, or beach sand ...

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...ss (2006), {{ISBN|978-0-8018-8506-8}}, chapter 33, pages 259-266 "Electric Sand"</ref> Dust clouds of finely powdered substances can become combustible or ...

...fibers could power an iPod, and would be altogether as large as a grain of sand. Researchers at [[Stanford University]] are developing "eTextiles"&nbsp;— b ...

...ourse]] D) [[Paver base]] E) [[Paver (flooring)|Pavers]] F) Fine-grained [[sand]]]] ...specified [[particle size]] and be free of large lumps of [[clay]]. [[Loam|Sand clay]] fill may also be used. The roadbed must be "proof rolled" after each ...

...Covelo, CA: Island Press.</ref> for example), or to measure the extent of sand banks in a river, or other phenomena which change slowly over time,<ref>Web ...

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...ermeable rock]], rock fractures or unconsolidated materials ([[gravel]], [[sand]], or [[silt]]). The study of water flow in aquifers and the characterizati ...in the spaces between the grains of a loose sediment or rock (typically [[sand]] or [[sandstone]]), while a karst aquifer contains water mainly in relativ ...