Interpreting in situ pressure and hydraulic properties with borehole penetrometers in ocean drilling: DVTPP and piezoprobe deployments at southern Hydrate Ridge, offshore Oregon

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Long, H ^a   Flemings, P B ^a   Germaine, J T ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; CONSOLIDATION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PENETROMETER; PIEZOMETER; PORE PRESSURE;

CASCADIA MARGIN; HYDRATE RIDGE; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250636222     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004165     Document Type: Article

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