print email comment close How Quicksand Works URL: http://www.howstuffworks.com/quicksand.htm Description: Details about quicksand, which is "just ordinary sand that has been so saturated with water that the friction between sand particles is reduced. The resulting sand ... can no longer support any weight. If you step into quicksand, it won't suck you down. However, your movements will cause you to dig yourself deeper into it." Includes material about how quicksand forms and how you can escape from it. From How Stuff Works. Author: Bonsor, Kevin Publisher: HowStuffWorks, Inc. LII Database Information: Record 22039 created by Maria Brandt on 07/10/2006 Last modification on 07/10/2006 Published: 07/13/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22039