INVESTIGATIONS OF DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT CORES, I. SHEAR STRENGTH, BEARING CAPACITY, AND CONSOLIDATION.

• Main Author: Richards, Adrian F.
• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1961
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Mechanics; (*SEDIMENTATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES); (*OCEAN BOTTOM SAMPLING; SEDIMENTATION); OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; DEEP WATER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANOGRAPHIC SHIPS; OCEAN BOTTOM; SHEAR STRESSES; COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES; THICKNESS; CLAY; SAND; SILT; LOADS(FORCES); AGS 30 VESSEL; BEARING STRENGTH; *CORE SAMPLING; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; Pacific; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0816562; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0816562

The first of three Hydrographic Office reports describes results of an investigation of engineering and mass physical properties of 35 sediment cores collected from Hydrographic Office oceanographic ships in 1958 and 1959. This report discussed the engineering properties of these cores; namely, shear strength, ultimate bearing capacity, and practical aspects of consolidation of sea-floor sediments under applied loads. See also Part 2 dated Oct 62, AD-416 611.