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Operation Lund - Morecambe Bay Cockling Disaster, February 5, 2004

  • Steve Brunskill
  • , Xanthe Mallett

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Abstract

Morecambe Bay is a large bay in the northwest of England, situated just south of the Lake District national park. It consists of a large expanse of sand and tidal mudflats and is the biggest of its type anywhere in the United Kingdom. Covering over 300 kilometers², with the cockle beds in some places stretching as far out as 7-8 miles from the shore, this area is notoriously treacherous, and when on the sands particular attention must be paid to the quicksand and the fast-moving tides, which can travel faster than a man can run. Add to this the 10-meter-high tide range together with the broad and shallow formation of the sands, and this deceptively calm and beautiful area can turn into a death trap within minutes.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDisaster Victim Identification: Experience and Practice
EditorsSue Black, Graham Sunderland, S Lucina Hackman, Xanthe Mallett
Place of PublicationBoca Raton, United States of America
PublisherCRC Press
Pages207-222
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9781420094138, 9781420094121
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Publication series

NameGlobal Perspectives on Disaster Victim Identification

Keywords

  • Forensic Biology
  • Biological (Physical) Anthropology
  • Criminological Theories

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