Quicksand

Esquema

Getty AAT: Materials (matter)

Jerarquía

<materials by composition> > combination inorganic/organic material > soil > <soil by composition or origin> > sand

Descripción

Semi-liquid, loose sand which can suck down heavy objects that rest on its surface. Artist Robert Smithson featured the use of quicksand in his work The Hypothetical Continent in Stone: Cathaysia (1969).

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300312094

Otros términos

  • running sand [en]