There is today no operational system able to perform geotechnical measurements with standard 36 mm CPT cones in deep sea with a depth of investigation of 20 to 30 metres below the sea-bed. The advantage of the new system is that it will allow surveys in deep sea in a more cost-effective manner. GEOCEAN-SOLMARINE, a French Marine Contractor with deep water geotechnical tools capabilities and IFREMER, a French Research Institute for exploitation of the sea, joined to design and build a new seabed penetrometer which will be operated by GEOCEAN-SOLMARINE for industrial operations and by IFREMER for scientific applications. The IFREMER's version is now under assembly. The first tests at sea of the penetrometer are expected for mid-2000.
New seabed penetrometer
2000
5 Seiten, 5 Quellen
Conference paper
English
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