Engineering properties of sediments in the vicinity of Guide Seamount.

Authors
Heck, Jerome Ronald
Subjects
deep sea cores
engineering properties
guide seamount
portable vane shear apparatus
sediments
shear strength of sediments
vane shear
torque transducer
Advisors
Smith, R.J.
Date of Issue
1970-09
Date
September 1970
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
The sophisticated vane shear apparatus for determining the shear strength of deep ocean sediment cores was modified so as to be portable and versatile for use In a laboratory and on board a ship. The apparatus utilizes a torque transducer that is insensitive to temperature changes or orientation and capable of measuring torque over the entire range of shear strength encountered in marine sediments. Shear strength measurements can be made with minimum disturbance to the sediment sample by testing directly in the core liner. The apparatus was used to determine shear strength of ten deep ocean cores from the Guide Seamount region, located about 70 miles west of the central California coast. The study also included the determination of other engineering properties of the sediment cores.
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Thesis
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https://hdl.handle.net/10945/14988
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Department
Oceanography
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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