Sand boils, sand volcanoes, or sand blows occur when water under pressure wells up through a bed of sand. The water looks like it is boiling up from the...

The boiling frog is an apologue describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will...

Seafood boil in the United States is the generic term for any number of types of social events in which shellfish, whether saltwater or freshwater, is...

and liquefied sand to the surface. This can be observed at the surface as effects known alternatively as "sand boils", "sand blows" or "sand volcanoes"....

flow through the soil towards the dry side of the levee, resulting in sand boil, liquefaction of the soil, and ultimately destruction of the levee. Relief...

mud bursts above the surface, creating a mud boil. This process is analogous to the formation of sand boils. Where soils are badly drained, soil temperatures...

salt and other minerals (salt flat) Sand boil, also known as sand volcano – Cone formed by the ejection of sand on a surface from a central point Sandhill –...

This can carry large amounts of sand to the surface, covering areas tens of feet or more in diameter. This makes sand boils an easy paleoliquefaction feature...

the seep flow and the subsoil erosion advances up-gradient. The term sand boil is used to describe the appearance of the discharging end of an active...

only subtle evidence, that it is taking place. Usually a sand boil can be found, but the boil might be hidden under water. A dam may breach within a few...