On the use of Atterberg limits on marine soils |
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| Authors: | Bernard Chassefiere Andre Monaco |
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| Institution: | 1. Géologie Sédimentologie , Université de Nice , Nice cedex, 06034, France;2. Laboratoire de Géochimie et Sedimentologie marine , Université de Perpignan , Perpignan, 66 025, France |
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| Abstract: | Abstract On the basis of the Atterberg indexes of various sediments collected in the Mediterranean Sea, we select two major parameters indicative of the mechanical behavior of marine soils: the sedimentary facies (i.e., mechanism of deposition expressed by silt content) and the clay mineral association characterized by smectite content in the fraction finer than 2 μm. Activity and real thixotropic ability appear to be particularly important parameters in marine engineering; better values are obtained by a double test operation in distilled and marine water. |
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| Keywords: | cobalt‐rich crusts EEZ SW Pacific Ellice Islands manganese nodules resource assessment Tuvalu |
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