Some Geotechnical Engineering Problems of Upper Slope Sites in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Kraft, Leland M.; Campbell, Kerry J.; Ploessel, Michael R.

doi:10.2110/pec.79.27.0025

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“…comm.). Sediment movement as creep is due to the action of gravity on extremely underconsolidated sediments, and may operate on slopes as low as one per cent (Kraft et al 1979).…”

Section: Sediment Distribution and Sourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Glaciomarine sedimentation in a modern fjord environment, Spitsbergen

Elverhøi¹,

Lønne²,

Seland³

1983

Polar Research

193

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By means of high resolution acoustic profiling and correlation of echo character and sediment lithology, fjords in western and northern Spitsbergen are shown to be blanketed by a 5‐20 m layer of acoustically transparent sediments consisting mainly of soft homogeneous mud with ice rafted clasts. Acoustically semi‐transparent material is found on slopes and sills reflecting their coarser composition. The areal average depositional rate in the outer fjord is in the range of from 0.1 to 1.0 mm/year, increasing towards the glaciers. In Kongsfjorden, 50‐100 mm/year of muddy sediments is deposited at a distance of 10 km from the calving Kongsvegen glacier. Close to the ice front (<0.5 km) coarser grained, interbedded (sand/mud) sediments are deposited. The main sediment sources are from settlement out of the turbid surface sediment plume, combined with various types of gravity flow (sediment creep, minor slides, and slumping). Material deposited from turbidity current is probably of minor importance. On shallow sills the sediments are remobilized by icebergs. The sediment adjacent to the ice front is reworked and compacted during surges, a common form of glacial advance for Spitsbergen glaciers. During the surge considerable amounts of coarse‐grained sediment are deposited by meltwater in front of the ice margin.

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“…comm.). Sediment movement as creep is due to the action of gravity on extremely underconsolidated sediments, and may operate on slopes as low as one per cent (Kraft et al 1979).…”

Section: Sediment Distribution and Sourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%