After liquefaction, the quicksand is seen to segregate into a water-rich phase and a sand-rich one. The apparent viscosity increase is therefore due to the formation of sand sediment, which has a very ...

April 21 (UPI) -- A Michigan man who became stuck up to his waist in "quicksand" on a Lake Michigan beach emerged without injuries -- and with a girlfriend. Traverse City residents Mitchell O'Brien ...

WINDSOR, N.S.—A volunteer firefighter in Nova Scotia says rescuing a man and child as they sank in thick, goopy mud was like trying to haul someone out of quicksand. Jamie Juteau of the Windsor ...