Review of long seabed samplers and criteria for new sampler design

Marine Geology

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 145-165

  Lunne, Tom ^a   Long, Michael ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Long corers; Sample quality; Seabed sampling; Site investigation

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOILS; THICKNESS CONTROL; UNDERWATER FOUNDATIONS;

LONG CORERS; SAMPLE QUALITY; SEABED SAMPLING; SITE INVESTIGATION;

UNDERWATER MINERAL RESOURCES;

SAMPLER; SEAFLOOR;

EID: 31344452438     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.07.014     Document Type: Article

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