Geotechnical property variability of continental margin sediments: High‐resolution vertical and lateral data from the northern california slope

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 283-304

  Sawyer, William B ^a   Ransom, Barbara ^b   Bennett, Richard H ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SEAPROBE Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; California; Continental slope; Geotechnical properties; Mendocino; Oxygen minimum zone; Physical properties; Porosity; Sediment variability; Water content

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); POROSITY; SAND; SEDIMENTS; SILT; SOIL TESTING; UNDERWATER SOILS; VOLUME FRACTION;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN SEDIMENTS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; HIGH-RESOLUTION VERTICAL/LATERAL DATA; MARINE DEPOSIT; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT PROPERTIES; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBMARINE SLOPE;

PACIFIC, CALIFORNIA SLOPE;

EID: 0031180090     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641199709379948     Document Type: Article

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