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1 ADVANCES IN UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGY AND OFFSHORE ENGINEERING Volume 3 Offshore Site Investigation

2 ADVANCES IN UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGY AND OFFSHORE ENGINEERING Vol. 1 Developments in Diving Technology Vol. 2 Design and Installations of Subsea Systems Vol. 3 Offshore Site Investigation Vol. 4 Evaluation, Comparison and Calibration of Oceanographic Instruments. ORGANISING COMMITTEE Mr Dennis Ardus - chairman Dr C. D. Green Mr F. E. Toolan Mr Tim Freeman

3 ADVANCES IN UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGY AND OFFSHORE ENGINEERING Volume 3 Offshore Site Investigation Proceedings of an international conference, (Offshore Site Investigation), organized by the Society for Underwater Technology, and held in London, UK, 13 and 14 March 1985 Published by Graham & Trotman Ltd.

4 First published in 1985 by Graham & Trotman Limited Sterling House 66 Wilton Road London SWIV IDE British Library Cataloguing Publication Data Offshore Site Investigation (Conference: London) Advances in underwater technology and offshore engineering: proceedings of an international conference (Offshore Site Investigation). Vol. 3: Offshore Site Investigation 1. Ocean engineering 1. Title II. Society for Underwater Technology 627'.7 TCOOOO ISBN-13: e-isbn-13: DOL: / Society for Underwater Technology Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1 st edition 1985 This publication is protected by international copyright law. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording of otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers. Typeset in Great Britain by Spire Print Services Ltd, Salisbury ROBERTHARlNOll (1985) LTD., BODMIN, CORNWAll.

5 Contents CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 9 PART I GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS Offshore Positioning Requirements, Systems and Quality control: A Review J. G. Riemersma Oahu OTEC Preliminary Design: Sea-Floor Surveys A. W. Neidorada, A. C. Palmer, J. R. Pittman, J. P. Vandermeulen and J. F. Campbell The Geology of Some Atlantic Abyssal Plains and the Engineering Implications R. T. E. Schiittenhelm, A. Kuijpers and E. J. Th Duin The Quarternary Succession on the Northern UK Continental Shelf and Slope: Implications for Regional Geotechnical Investigations M. S. Stoker, D. Long, A. C. Skinner and D. Evans The Benigraph: A Sea-Floor Mapping System A. Ls:1vik Seabed II: High-resolution Acoustic Seabed Surveys of the Deep Ocean R. W. Hutchins, J. Dodds and G. Fader High-resolution Geophysical Surveys for Engineering Purposes K. P. Games An Integrated Approach to the Investigation of New Development Areas C. D. Green, B. Heijna and P. Walker Marine Geophysical Site Investigation for Exploration Drilling Rigs: Survey Contracts Appraisal M. Sarginson and J. Yates

6 PART II IN-SITU TESTING, SAMPLING AND THE MEASUREMENT OF GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES CHAPTER 10 In situ Testing and Sampling in Water Depths Exceeding 300 m A. F. Richards and H. Zuidberg 129 CHAPTER 11 Advanced Deep-water Soil Investigation at the Troll East Field T. Amundsen, T. Lunne, H. P. Christophersen, J. M. Bayne and C. L. Barnwell 165 CHAPTER 12 Use of the Pam Self-boring Pressuremeter and the STACOR Large-size Fixed-piston Corer for Deep Seabed Surveying J-B. Fay, R. Montarges, P. Ie Tirant and F. Brucy 187 CHAPTER 13 CHAPTER 14 A Comparison of Menard, Self-boring and Push-in Pressuremeter Tests in a Stiff Clay Till J. J. M. Powell and I. M. Uglow 201 Comparison of In situ and Ship-Board Vane Measurements on a Deep-Sea Clay A. Silva 219 PART III EVALUATION OF DESIGN PARAMETERS CHAPTER 15 The Influence of Geological Processes and Test Procedures on Measured and Evaluated Parameters A. Marsland 231 CHAPTER 16 Evaluation of Geotechnical Parameters from Triaxial Tests on Offshore Clay D. W. Hight, A. Gens and R. J. Jardine 253 CHAPTER 17 Design Parameters for Offshore Sands - Use of In-situ Tests T. Lunne, S. Lacasse, G. Aas and C. Madshus 269 CHAPTER 18 The Applications of Centrifugal Modelling to the Design of Jack-up Rig Foundations W. H. Graig and M. D. Higham 293 Summary C. P. Wroth 307

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