Which mechanism causes increased liquefaction risk during seismic shaking of unconsolidated coastal sediments?

💡 Explanation

During seismic shaking, unconsolidated sediments compact, increasing pore water pressure because the drainage is slow, reducing effective stress thus causing liquefaction. Therefore a pore water pressure increase results, rather than amplification, reflection, or scattering, which involve different wave propagation phenomena.

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