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RUNNING SAND [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Soil Science
DEF

A thick mass or bed of fine sand (as at the mouth of a river or along a seacoast) that consists of smooth rounded grains with little tendency to mutual adherence and that is usually thoroughly saturated with water flowing upward through the voids, forming a soft, shifting, semiliquid, highly mobile mass that yields easily to pressure and tends to suck down and readily swallow heavy objects resting on or touching its surface.

Key term(s)
  • quick sand

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Science du sol
DEF

Sable humide, peu consistant, où l'on risque de s'enfoncer jusqu'à l'enlisement.

CONT

Les sables mouvants, type particulier de dépôts littoraux (lacs, mers) sont des sables fins et complètement imprégnés d'eau; chaque grain devenant mobile grâce à la pellicule d'eau qui l'entoure, le sédiment offre une faible résistance aux efforts de tassement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Ciencia del suelo
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