An operator's perspective on offshore risk assessment and geotechnical design in geohazard-prone areas

Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics, ISFOG 2005 - Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 115-143

  Jeanjean, P ^a   Liedtke, E ^a   Clukey, E C ^a   Hampson, K ^b   Evans, T ^b  

^a BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PROBABILITIES; DEBRIS FLOWS; DESIGN CODES; DESIGN METHOD; ENGINEERING ANALYSIS; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; GEOHAZARDS; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; GEOTECHNICAL DESIGNS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INNOVATIVE METHOD; MODEL TESTING; OIL AND GAS OPERATORS; PRESSURE REGIME; SITE CONDITIONS; SITE INVESTIGATIONS; SLOPE STABILITY EVALUATION; SOIL PROPERTY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEBRIS; DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOPE STABILITY;

HAZARDS;

EID: 77955754547     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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