6 50 



1 m = 3.28 ft 



1 kPa = 0.145 lb/in 



Note: Proximal 

 turbidite curve 

 based on tests of two 

 2-m cores from a small 

 basin 5 km southeast of 

 Puerto Rico. Distal turbidite 

 curves based on five 3-m cores 

 from the Tufts Abyssal Plain in 

 the northeast Pacific. Greater 

 subbottom depth data are from 

 triaxial test extrapolation 



s u (psi) 

 Figure 2-5. Typical strength profiles for turbidites (from Lee and Clausner, 1979). 



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