Geotechnical investigations of sandy seafloors using dynamic penetrometers

MTS/IEEE Biloxi - Marine Technology for Our Future: Global and Local Challenges, OCEANS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Stark, Nina ^a   Kopf, Achim ^a   Hanff, Hendrik ^a   Stegmann, Sylvia ^b   Wilkens, Roy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; BEACH EROSION; BREMEN , GERMANY; CARBONATE SAND; CENTER OF MASS; COST-SAVING; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA SETS; DEPTH PROFILE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FINE-GRAINED SAND; GEOTECHNICAL; GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS; GERMANY; GOVERNING PARAMETERS; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HAWAII , USA; IMPACT FORCE; IN-SITU; IN-SITU CHARACTERIZATION; MINE BURIAL; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; NAVY APPLICATIONS; NORTH SEA; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; PENETRATION DEPTH; PENETRATION RATES; PENETRATION VELOCITY; QUARTZ SAND; QUASI-STATIC; REMOBILIZATION; RESEARCH AREAS; SAMPLING RATES; SEA FLOOR; SEAFLOORS; SEDIMENT EROSION; SEDIMENT MOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT MOVEMENT; SEDIMENT SAMPLING; SHALLOW MARINE; SHIP MOVEMENT; SUB-SEAFLOOR; THIN LAYERS; TIDAL INLET; TIP RESISTANCE; WIND ENERGY; WIND ENERGY PLANTS;

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; BEACHES; CARBONATION; CHARGE TRAPPING; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DECELERATION; ESTUARIES; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MARINE ENGINEERING; MINING; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; RESEARCH; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; TIDES; WELDS; WIND POWER;

BEARING CAPACITY;

EID: 77951518873     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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