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pore water

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pore water
The free water that is present in soil.


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The most likely origin for the basal low-friction zone is in a layer of clay sediment, overpressured by pore water.
Here two mechanisms can be distinguished: (1) chemical and biochemical factors occurring in dysoxic conditions liberate P to the pore water and support its diffusion to the sediment surface, and (2) the mixing event, i.
After the initial expulsion of pore water and, possibly, some structured water from minerals such as smectite, and thermal decomposition of minerals such as nahcolite, kerogen yields more to deformation than most minerals.
 
 
 
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