soil liquefaction
101Landfill — For other uses, see Landfill (disambiguation). Garbage Dump redirects here. For the 1994 rock album, see Garbage Dump. A landfill in Poland A landfill site (also known as tip, dump or rubbish dump and historically as a midden), is a site for the… …
102Floating raft system — Floating raft is type of land based foundation, invented by John Wellborn Root, that protects against settlement and the liquefaction of soft soil due to seismic activity. It was a necessary innovation in the development of tall buildings in the… …
103Geologic hazards — A geologic hazard is one of several types of adverse geologic conditions capable of causing damage or loss of property and life. These hazards can consist of sudden or slow phenomena: * avalanches (snow, rock, or air snow) and its runout *… …
104San Francisco Bay Area — Bay Area redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). Not to be confused with San Francisco Bay Area Combined Statistical Area. San Francisco Bay Area Common name: San Fran …
105coal mining — Coal was very important in the economic development of Britain. It was used as fuel in the factories built during the Industrial Revolution and continued to be important until the 1980s. The main coalfields are in north east England, the north… …
106biochemistry — biochemical /buy oh kem i keuhl/, adj., n. biochemic, adj. biochemically, adv. biochemist, n. /buy oh kem euh stree/, n. 1. the science dealing with the chemistry of living matter. 2. the chemistry of living matter. [1880 85; BIO + CHEMISTRY] …
107Oman — /oh mahn /, n. 1. Sultanate of. Formerly, Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. 2,264,590; ab. 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Cap.: Muscat. 2. Gulf of, a NW arm of the Arabian Sea, at the entrance to the Persian Gulf. * * *… …
108Kenji Ishihara — (jap. 石原 研而, Ishihara Kenji; * 16. April 1934 in der Präfektur Okayama)[1] ist ein japanischer Bauingenieur (Geotechnik). Er ist ein international anerkannter Experte für geotechnische Problem bei Erdbeben (wie Liquefaktion). Ishihara machte 1957 …
109Michael Lersow — (1993) Michael Peter Lersow (* 20. Dezember 1946 in Stralsund) ist ein deutscher Politiker (SPD) und Ingenieur. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 …
110Robert V. Whitman — Robert Van Duyne Whitman (* 2. Februar 1928 in Pittsburgh) ist ein US amerikanischer Bauingenieur (Geotechnik). [1] Whitman studierte am Swarthmore College (Bachelor 1948) und am Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), wo er 1949 seinen… …
