Application of MASW technology to identification of tidal flat stratigraphy and its geoenvironmental interpretation

Marine Geology

Volumn 252, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 79-88

  Watabe, Yoichi ^a   Sassa, Shinji ^a  

^a PORT AND AIRPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

groundwater level; MASW; stiffness; stratigraphy; suction; tidal flat

Indexed keywords

(OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; ELASTO PLASTIC; ELSEVIER (CO); FIELD SURVEYS; GEOENVIRONMENTAL; GEOENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS (GSD); GROUNDWATER TABLES; IN ORDER; KEY ELEMENTS; MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; MUD FLATS; MULTI CHANNEL ANALYSIS OF SURFACE WAVES (MASW); SOIL SAMPLING; SOIL STIFFNESS; SOIL STRUCTURE (IGC: D5/D10); SOIL TESTS; SURFACE WAVE METHOD; TIDAL FLATS; VOID RATIO (IGC: D2/D3); VOID STRUCTURES; WATER PURIFICATION;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DYNAMICS; ELASTIC WAVES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MECHANICS; SAND; SHEAR WAVES; SHEARING MACHINES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVES; SURFACES; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY; TIDES; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER WAVES; WAVES; WETLANDS;

NATURAL RESOURCES;

BIOACTIVITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; STIFFNESS; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVE; TIDAL FLAT; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 45049085043     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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