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A simple technique for fast prediction of the grain size characteristics of sea sediments is developed. The device used is a small sled hinged to a detector which is made of steel blade. When the sled is dragged by a ship, the free end of the detector slides on the seafloor. In principle, the detector vibrates at different rates during sliding according to the type of soil encountered. In this study the oscillation characteristics shown by the vibration of the detector were recorded by an oscillator through a bridge amplifier, and were then correlated with the grain size of the identified soils.
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Fukue, M., Okusa, S., Nakamura, T. (1984). A New Technique to Identify Sea Sediments in Shallows. In: Denness, B. (eds) Seabed Mechanics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4958-4_10
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