Deep-Sea Sediments

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. An Overview of the Subject

   1. Prediction of Deep-Sea Sediment Properties: State-of-the-Art

      • Edwin L. Hamilton

      Pages 1-43

   2. Marine Geomechanics: Overview and Projections

      • Armand J. Silva

      Pages 45-76

   3. Marine Geotechnical Properties: Interrelationships and Relationships to Depth of Burial

      • George H. Keller

      Pages 77-100

   4. Mechanics Problems and Material Properties

      • Louis J. Thompson

      Pages 101-110

3. Determination of Mechanical Properties in Marine Sediments

   1. The Role of Laboratory Testing in the Determination of Deep-Sea Sediment Engineering Properties

      • Homa J. Lee

      Pages 111-127

   2. Strength and Stress-Strain Characteristics of Cemented Deep-Sea Sediments

      • Vito A. Nacci, William E. Kelly, Mian C. Wang, Kenneth R. Demars

      Pages 129-150

   3. An Analysis of the Vane Shear Test at Varying Rates of Shear

      • Neil T. Monney

      Pages 151-167

   4. Usefulness of Spade Cores for Geotechnical Studies and Some Results from the Northeast Pacific

      • Royal Hagerty

      Pages 169-186

   5. Settlement Characteristics of Sea-Floor Sediments Subjected to Vertical Loads

      • Herbert G. Herrmann

      Pages 187-208

   6. Consolidation of Marine Clays and Carbonates

      • William R. Bryant, Andre P. Deflache, Peter K. Trabant

      Pages 209-244

   7. Deep-Sea Foundation and Anchor Engineering

      • Philip J. Valent

      Pages 245-269

   8. Standardization of Marine Geotechnics Symbols, Definitions, Units, and Test Procedures

      • Adrian F. Richards

      Pages 271-292

4. Applications of Physical and Mechanical Properties in the Marine Environment

   1. Soil Mechanics Considerations in the Design of Deep Ocean Mining Equipment

      • John E. Halkyard, John T. Fuller

      Pages 293-302

   2. Initial Penetration and Settlement of Concrete Blocks into Deep-Ocean Sediments

      • Frank Simpson, Anton L. Inderbitzen, Atwar Singh

      Pages 303-326

   3. In Situ Measurement of Sediment Acoustic Properties During Coring

      • Aubrey L. Anderson, Loyd D. Hampton

      Pages 327-345

   4. Sea-Floor Soil Mechanics and Trafficability Measurements with the Tracked Vehicle “RUM”

      • Daniel K. Gibson, Victor C. Anderson

      Pages 347-366

5. Relationships Between Physical, Mechanical and Geologic Properties

   1. Erodibility of Fine Abyssal Sediment

      • John B. Southard

      Pages 367-379

   2. The Effects of the Benthic Fauna on the Physical Properties of Deep-Sea Sediments

      • Gilbert T. Rowe

      Pages 381-400

   3. Sedimentation in the Indian Ocean

      • Kolla Venkatarathnam, James D. Hayes

      Pages 401-415

As part of its continuing program to stimulate superior basic research in the marine environment, the Office of Naval Research, Ocean Science and Technology Division, sponsored a series of closed seminar-workshops in 1972-1973. Each seminar focused upon one re­ search area of marine geology which is relatively new and in need of a critical evaluation and accelerated support. The subjects areas chosen for the seminars were: 1. natural gases in marine sediments and their mode of distribution, 2. nephelometry and the optical properties of ocean waters, 3. physical and engineering properties of deep-sea sediments, and 4. physics of sound in marine sediments. The objectives of each seminar-workshop were to bring into sharper focus the state-of-the-science within each subject area, to effect some degree of coordination among the investigators working within each of these areas and to provide the Ocean Science and Technology Division guidance for national program support. This volume.contains most of the papers presented at the semi­ nar on the physical and engineering properties of deep-sea sediments. The seminar was held at Airlie House, Airlie, Virginia on April 24- 27, 1973 and was organized and chaired by A. Inderbitzen. The at­ tendees were invited from among the leading investigators in this field from both the engineering and scientific disciplines. Each attendee was requested to prepare a paper within his area of spe­ ciality.

• Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• distribution
• environment
• geology
• marine
• marine geology
• ocean
• research
• sediment

• College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Lewes, USA

  Anton L. Inderbitzen

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