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Offshore Site Investigation

Proceedings of an international conference, (Offshore Site Investigation), organized by the Society for Underwater Technology, and held in London, UK, 13 and 14 March 1985

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  • © 1985

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Table of contents (19 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Geological and Geophysical Surveys

    1. Offshore Positioning Requirements, Systems and Quality Control: A Review

      • J. G. Riemersma
      Pages 1-13

    2. Oahu OTEC Preliminary Design: Sea-Floor Surveys

      • A. W. Niedoroda, A. C. Palmer, J. R. Pittman, R. J. Brown, J. P. Vandermeulen, J. F. Campbell
      Pages 15-27

    3. The Geology of Some Atlantic Abyssal Plains and the Engineering Implications

      • R. T. E. Schüttenhelm, A. Kuijpers, E. J. Th. Duin
      Pages 29-43

    4. The Quaternary Succession on the Northern United Kingdom Continental Shelf and Slope: Implications for Regional Geotechnical Investigations

      • M. S. Stoker, D. Long, A. C. Skinner, D. Evans
      Pages 45-61

    5. The Benigraph: A Sea-floor Mapping System

      • A. Løvik
      Pages 63-68

    6. Seabed II: High-resolution Acoustic Seabed Surveys of the Deep Ocean

      • R. W. Hutchins, J. Dodds, G. Fader
      Pages 69-83

    7. High-resolution Geophysical Surveys for Engineering Purposes

      • K. P. Games
      Pages 85-98

    8. An Integrated Approach to the Investigation of New Development Areas

      • C. D. Green, B. Heijna, P. Walker
      Pages 99-120

    9. Marine Geophysical Site Investigation for Exploration Drilling Rigs: Survey Contracts Appraisal

      • M. Sarginson, J. Yates
      Pages 121-128

  3. In-Situ Testing, Sampling and the Measurement of Geotechnical Properties

    1. In Situ Testing and Sampling Offshore in Water Depths Exceeding 300 m

      • A. F. Richards, H. Zuidberg
      Pages 129-163

    2. Advanced Deep-water Soil Investigation at the Troll East Field

      • T. Amundsen, T. Lunne, H. P. Christophersen, J. M. Bayne, C. L. Barnwell
      Pages 165-186

    3. Use of the PAM Self-boring Pressuremeter and the STACOR Large-size Fixed-piston Corer for Deep Seabed Surveying

      • J-B. Faÿ, R. Montargès, P. le Tirant, F. Brucy
      Pages 187-199

    4. A Comparison of Ménard, Self-boring and Push-in Pressuremeter Tests in a Stiff Clay Till

      • J. J. M. Powell, I. M. Uglow
      Pages 201-217

    5. Comparison of in Situ and Ship-Board Vane Measurements on a Deep-Sea Clay

      • Armand J. Silva
      Pages 219-230

  4. Evaluation of Design Parameters

    1. The Influence of Geological Processes and Test Procedures on Measured and Evaluated Parameters

      • A. Marsland
      Pages 231-252

    2. Evaluation of Geotechnical Parameters from Triaxial Tests on Offshore Clay

      • D. W. Hight, A. Gens, R. J. Jardine
      Pages 253-268

    3. Design Parameters for Offshore Sands: Use of In Situ Tests

      • T. Lunne, S. Lacasse, G. Aas, C. Madshus
      Pages 269-292

    4. The Applications of Centrifugal Modelling to the Design of Jack-up Rig Foundations

      • W. H. Craig, M. D. Higham
      Pages 293-305

    5. Summary

      • C. P. Wroth
      Pages 307-310
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c. P. Wroth, Oxford University, UK I am grateful to the Organising Committee that were covered on the first day. First, we for the invitation to attempt to sum up the had Dr Riemersma talking about positioning proceedings. Summing up is not really the requirements, and it seemed to me to be an appropriate phrase - it is a difficult job to unhappy reflection on human frailty that he do justice in a summary to the amount of was concentrating so much on the errors in material that has been presented over the the system and on the human factors that two days of the conference. Clearly, each led to trouble, emphasizing that the techni­ paper merits further individual attention in ques are vastly superior to the ability of the order to reflect on its content. What I am human beings who used them. Then, Dr going to say must necessarily be an unbal­ Palmer talked about a fascinating case his­ anced critique, because we are considering a tory of the Ocean Thermal Power Project; whole range of knowledge and experience in this was of particular interest because most a wide diversity of topics, and my comments of the other stories we heard were not so are bound to be biased by my own interests. specific and not about such a novel project.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Offshore Site Investigation

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of an international conference, (Offshore Site Investigation), organized by the Society for Underwater Technology, and held in London, UK, 13 and 14 March 1985

  • Authors: Society for Underwater Technology

  • Series Title: Advances in Underwater Technology, Ocean Science and Offshore Engineering

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7358-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Society for Underwater Technology 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-7360-5Published: 22 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-7358-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0952-1798

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 316

  • Topics: Oceanography

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