The mechanism of sandblows
- 1 April 1958
- journal article
- Published by Seismological Society of America (SSA) in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
- Vol. 48 (2) , 155-161
- https://doi.org/10.1785/bssa0480020155
Abstract
The formation of sandblows by earthquakes is explained in terms of well-known properties of water-bearing soils. The important parameters of the problem are the porosity, the permeability, the elasticity, and the degree of consolidation of the soil. The important conditions are that the water table be sufficiently near the ground surface and that the readjustment of soil particles by the passage of seismic waves be of sufficient magnitude.Keywords
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- Theoretical Soil MechanicsPublished by Wiley ,1943