On the compressibility of deepwater sediments of the Gulf of Guinea

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1063-1069

  De Gennaro, V ^a   Delage, P ^a   Puech, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTS; DEEP-WATER SEDIMENTS; DEEPWATER; GULF OF GUINEA; IN-SITU; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; NATURAL CLAYS; OVERCONSOLIDATION; SEABED SEDIMENTS;

COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPRESSION TESTING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; UNLOADING;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84855773763     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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