Investigating the scales of fluctuation of an artificial sand island

• Main Authors: Lloret-Cabot, M., Hicks, M. A., Nuttall, J. D.
• Other Authors: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, School of Engineering
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2013
• Subjects: artificial sand islands; scales of fluctuation; caisson structures; Arctic; First Island; Beaufort Sea
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1293580

Artificial sand islands were constructed in the Canadian Beaufort Sea for use as hydrocarbon exploration platforms in the 1970s and 1980s. For some of these islands, extensive Cone Penetration Test (CPT) data are available for characterising the hydraulically placed sand during and after the constru...