The origin of near-seafloor "crust zones" in deepwater

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 927-933

  Ehlers, C J ^a   Chen, J ^a   Roberts, H H ^b   Lee, Y C ^c  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL STUDIES; BIOTURBATION; DEEPWATER; DEEPWATER OIL; DEEPWATER REGIONS; GEOTECHNICAL; GEOTECHNICAL TESTS; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HIGH STRENGTH; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NIGERIA; SITE INVESTIGATIONS; SOIL SHEAR STRENGTH;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOACTIVITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; PELLETIZING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

EID: 84863168676     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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