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Synopsis
An ideal resource for civil engineers working with offshore structures, pipelines, dredging, and coastal erosion, Seafloor Processes and Geotechnology bridges the gap between the standard soil mechanics curriculum of civil engineering and published material on marine geotechnology. Utilizing organized information on sediments and foundations for marine applications from a variety of sources, it provides practical reference information and approaches for analysis and design.
This book provides an understanding of the processes and loadings affecting the sediment/water interface and the sediment column on the continental shelf and slope as well as the abyssal plains. It outlines the geological and geotechnical factors that should be considered in an investigation, and provides practicing professionals with the information they need to analyze potential environmental hazards and problems in marine foundations and slope stability. It covers geology, site investigation, drilling and sampling sediments, material properties, foundation design, slope stability, and more.
Exploring marine geotechnology from a historical perspective, this book:
Describes the development of marine geotechnology, the marine environment, and the geology of the seabed
Discusses the various elements of a site investigation
Explains how to investigate a site by remote sensing over the macro scale, probing to look at a more defined area, and drilling and sampling at the micro scale
Looks at the physical, acoustic, and geochemical properties of marine sediments at the micro scale
Focuses on slope stability and marine foundations
Seafloor Processes and Geotechnology
provides the background for in situ investigation, drilling, soil sampling, and laboratory testing technologies and serves as a complete handbook for engineers, geologists, as well as marine and environmental scientists. New & Used
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What Reviewers Are Saying
"... a compendium of many years of valuable information neatly packaged in one place. The book is written so that a non-technical person can read and understand the concepts of marine geotechnology. ... The authors did their homework and have put forth a lot of good and practical information...The topics seem to cover just about everything engineering wise about the seafloor."
-Kendra S. Adams, President, Blue Rock Labs, Inc, USA.
"... provides practical and useful descriptions of marine geology, marine geoscientific exploration techniques and marine geotechnical engineering in one text. ... the primary author has been a long-time contributor in research, practice, chairing symposia and development of standards. His experience and expertise are well known worldwide."
-Ron Ebelhar, Terracon, Olathe, Kansas, USA
"... the authors have done an excellent job... a great reference and a must read for anyone planning an offshore site investigation or involved in the design of structures to be built offshore."
-Kenneth Bell, Bechtel Infrastructure, USA
"Chaney (emer., environmental resources engineering, Humboldt State Univ.) and Almagor, (emer., senior geologist, Geological Survey of Israel) provide a wealth of information on seafloor environment, science, and engineering in this 11-chapter volume. (...) The authors write carefully and well. Proper use of tables and graphs, representative schematics, and a nice flow of text make reading very easy, enabling readers to quickly navigate through the book. It is written from a practical point of view that relies mainly on site measurements and experimental data (tables and charts) and therefore has few mathematical expressions. Though the presented material is based mostly on research and publications in the 1980s, it is still a valuable resource that covers most of the needed basics for researchers and engineers with an interest in offshore engineering."
--M. Alam, University of California, Berkeley "... a compendium of many years of valuable information neatly packaged in one place. The book is written so that a non-technical person can read and understand the concepts of marine geotechnology. ... The authors did their homework and have put forth a lot of good and practical information...The topics seem to cover just about everything engineering wise about the seafloor."
-Kendra S. Adams, President, Blue Rock Labs, Inc., USA
"... provides practical and useful descriptions of marine geology, marine geoscientific exploration techniques and marine geotechnical engineering in one text. ... the primary author has been a long-time contributor in research, practice, chairing symposia and development of standards. His experience and expertise are well known worldwide."
-Ron Ebelhar, Terracon, Olathe, Kansas, USA
"... the authors have done an excellent job... a great reference and a must read for anyone planning an offshore site investigation or involved in the design of structures to be built offshore."
-Kenneth Bell, Bechtel Infrastructure, USA
-Kendra S. Adams, President, Blue Rock Labs, Inc, USA.
"... provides practical and useful descriptions
-Ron Ebelhar, Terracon, Olathe, Kansas, USA
"... the authors have done an excellent job... a great reference and a must read for anyone planning an offshore site investigatio
-Kenneth Bell, Bechtel Infrastructu
"Chaney (emer., environmenta
--M. Alam, University of California, Berkeley "... a compendium of many years of valuable information neatly packaged in one place. The book is written so that a non-technica
-Kendra S. Adams, President, Blue Rock Labs, Inc., USA
"... provides practical and useful descriptions
-Ron Ebelhar, Terracon, Olathe, Kansas, USA
"... the authors have done an excellent job... a great reference and a must read for anyone planning an offshore site investigatio
-Kenneth Bell, Bechtel Infrastructu