The relationship of undrained shear strength and porosity with depth in shallow (< 50 m) marine sediments

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 235-249

  Bartetzko, Anne ^a   Kopf, Achim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compaction; Marine sediment; Ocean Drilling Program; Porosity; Undrained shear strength

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; POROSITY; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TEXTURE;

AMAZON FAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 33847405750     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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