Geotechnical properties of the pacific seamount sediments measured by a gravity corer

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-17

  Yamazaki, Tetsuo ^a   Tsurusaki, Katsuya ^a   Chung, Jin S ^b  

^a NATL INST FOR RSRC AND ENVIRON   (Japan)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobalt rich manganese deposits; Deep ocean; Geotechnical properties; Mining system; Pacific seamounts; Seamount sediments

Indexed keywords

COBALT DEPOSITS; CORE ANALYSIS; CORE SAMPLES; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); INTERNAL FRICTION; MANGANESE DEPOSITS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SEDIMENTATION; SURVEYS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY;

COHESION; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; GRAVITY CORER; PACIFIC SEAMOUNTS; SEAFLOOR MINING SYSTEM; SEAMOUNT SEDIMENTS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SEDIMENTS;

COBALT; DEBRIS FLOW; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT; GEOTECHNICAL DATA; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; MANGANESE DEPOSITS; MANGANESE NODULE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINING METHOD; RESEDIMENTATION; SEAMOUNT; SEAMOUNT SEDIMENT; SEAMOUNTS; SEDIMENT PROPERTIES;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0029668719     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641199609388299     Document Type: Article

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