CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 1 



Subject and Purpose of Report 1 



Background 1 



Approach and Scope 3 



TEST APPARATUS 4 



General 4 



DOTIPOS System 4 



Description of the Platform. 4 



Support-Telemetry Cable 4 



Surface Control Instrumentation 5 



Vane Shear and Cone Penetrometer Subsystem 5 



Description of the Tower 5 



Load Cell 5 



Vane Shear and Cone Penetrometer Tools 5 



Winch System 6 



GENERAL TEST PROGRAM AND PROCEDURES 6 



EVALUATION OF DEVICE PERFORMANCE 10 



TEST RESULTS 10 



Site 1 10 



Soil Properties 10 



In-Situ Test Data 11 



MBL/WHOI 



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