Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it.
Static liquefaction. The upward pore water pressure is equal to the total vertical stress.
a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
Sinking in quicksand warns you not to pry in other people's affairs. Helping someone else out of quicksand indicates a raise in income.
A soil type that creates a mire whereby a person or animal walking over the area will sink. May both create a hazard and limit the developability of a site.
Fine sand or silt that is prevented from settling firmly together by upward movement of underground water.
a mass of loose, wet sand that becomes fluid when suddenly vibrated; heavy objects will sink into it
A bed of sand that has a high water content. The water within the sand is often flowing through the spaces between the sand grains. This creates a soft, fluid-like material that yields easily to pressure and in which heavy objects will sink.