Review of continental shelf marine geotechnics: Distribution of soils, measurement of properties, and environmental hazards

摘要: Abstract Sands and silty sands are the predominant surficial soils of continental shelves. Cohesive fine‐grained typical off mouths large rivers, near bays estuaries, in basins located on shelf. The stratigraphy shelf is very poorly known for most engineering purposes, except vicinity Mississippi Delta. Vibratory coring common method sampling to depths about 13 m; greater soil sampled by borings often using drilling wireline tools. Employment self‐contained or static cone penetrometers obtain situ measurements has not been as United States Europe. Dynamic piston corers samplers cohesive soils, but rotary hydraulically activated incremental becoming available marine use. Self‐contained vane shear devices used testing latter dev...