SOUND VELOCITIES IN GULF OF MEXICO SEDIMENTS AS RELATED TO PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND SIMULATED OVERBURDEN PRESSURES.

Abstract

Specific objectives of this investigation were: To measure the velocity of compressional waves (hereinafter called 'sound velocity' or 'velocity'): (a) in consolidated and unconsolidated sediments cored from the Gulf of Mexico; To investigate the physical and mechanical properties of these sediments; To examine the possibility of utilizing sound velocities to predict the physical and mechanical properties of these sediments; and To formulate porosity, bulk density, and velocity versus depth relationships for unconsolidated sediments in the Gulf of Mexico. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0705611

Entities

People

  • Paul John Cernock

Organizations

  • Texas A&M University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Mechanical Properties
  • Physical Properties
  • Porosity
  • Sediments

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Geotechnical Engineering.