Use of Free Fall Penetrometer in Seafloor Engineering

OCEANS: The Ocean Challenge 1978

Volumn , Issue , 1978, Pages 686-691

  Chari, T R ^a   Smith, W G ^a   Zielinski, A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

FREE FALL; GEOTECHNICAL TESTING; NEWFOUNDLANDS; OCEAN FLOOR; SEA FLOOR; SEA TRIAL; SITU EVALUATION; TEST DEVICE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 85068239346     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS.1978.1151162     Document Type: Conference Paper

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