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Use of the PAM Self-boring Pressuremeter and the STACOR Large-size Fixed-piston Corer for Deep Seabed Surveying

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To meet the needs of geotechnical soil surveying at great water depths, two systems have been specially developed and investigated by the Institut Français du Pétrole in recent years: these are the PAM Self-boring Pressuremeter and the STACOR Large-size Fixed piston Corer.

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  1. Institut Français du Pétrole, France

    J-B. Faÿ, R. Montargès, P. le Tirant & F. Brucy

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Faÿ, JB., Montargès, R., le Tirant, P., Brucy, F. (1985). Use of the PAM Self-boring Pressuremeter and the STACOR Large-size Fixed-piston Corer for Deep Seabed Surveying. In: Offshore Site Investigation. Advances in Underwater Technology and Offshore Engineering, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7358-2_12

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