10 20 



30 40 



5C 



60 70 80 90 







I \ ' \ 



1 1 



1 



1 1 1 1 



Note: Curves for coarse ooze are 

 from tests on three cores to 10 m 

 from the Blake Plateau. Curve for 

 fine ooze is based on tests of 12 

 10-m cores from the Equatorial 

 Pacific. Data to greater depths 

 are based on triaxial test extra- 

 polation 



- 









A 

 ** * \ 



<0 



_»\ 







a \ 



-b\ 













% 





\ = 33 deg 

 \ c' = kPa 



_ 



50 





\ ft* 

 \ ft 



\\ 



A'* 



•iA * 



%ss 





coarse calcareous \ a 



\ \ 7u = 560 kg/m' 

 \ ooze \ b 6 



- 





^^ *\ at m to 



\ (water depth \ j 



\ less than 3,000 m) \ 800 kg/m 



\ \at 30 m 



\ 0=33 deg \ 









\ c' = kPa \ 



\ 7, = 560 kg/m \ 



- 

















\ * 



\ "* 



\ "© 



\* 



\ % 



= 



\ at m to 



\800 kg/m 3 



\at 30 m 



37 deg \ 



- 









c' = 



OkPa \ 





nn 



1 kg/m 3 = 0.062 lb/ft 3 



1 m = 3.28 ft 



1 kPa = 0.145 lb/in. 2 



— — — ^— — ^^^— ^^^ 



i 



\ 7 b 



= 480 kg/m 3 atOm 

 to 720 kg/m 3 at 30 m 



1 





s 



14 | 



Q 



6 



o 



16 2 



s „ (psi) 



Figure 2-6. Tyipcal strength profiles for calcareous ooze (from Lee and Clausner, 1979). 



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