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In Situ Testing and Sampling Offshore in Water Depths Exceeding 300 m

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Offshore Site Investigation

Part of the book series: Advances in Underwater Technology and Offshore Engineering ((AUTOO,volume 3))

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In this paper ‘deep water’ is defined as being at depths greater than 300 m. A few past events in deep-water testing and sampling which are relevant to the development of new equipment are reviewed; and some deep-water geotechnical problems that require the development of new equipment for their investigation are discussed. The paper also contains a summary of new testing and sampling equipment either at present in use or under development for deep-water site investigations. It looks at future developments by industry in water depths of less than 1000 m and by government and academe in water depths exceeding 4000 m. Most new testing and sampling equipment discussed has been developed or deployed since about 1982.

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