How is Quick Sand....?

Question

How is Quicksand found in the desert or in other areas? How did it get there?

Answer 1

Quicksand is really found in swampy, boggy areas, not deserts. The sand is just soaked in water. If something steps in, then the fluid flow characteristics change. It gives way, and the thing sinks. The sand then closes in on it, as the fluid flow properties change again.

Answer 2

Quicksand is simply a mixture of fine sand and water. It can occur anywhere there is both sand and water.

If you filled a barrel with sand, then kept adding water until it started to flow, you'd have quicksand.

Note that since the density of quicksand is higher than the density of water, humans will easily float in quicksand. There's no danger of drowning, but it may be hard to extricate yourself.

Answer 3

Quicksand is not found in the desert. It is a hydrocolloid of sand, silt and salt water. It can be found near rivers,lakes and marshes and in coastal areas. It can also form during EQs when soil liquefaction takes place.

Answer 4

Quicksand is a deep mass of small particulates denser than water fluidized by upwelling water. It tends to be a dilatant fluid - shear reversibly solidifies it. Folks who struggle are physically seized and panic, finally to exhaustion and drowning. Relax and slowy paddle out. Qucksand's high density makes it easy to float.