CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 1 



SITE PARAMETERS 2 



Foundation Engineering Data 3 



Geological Oceanographic Parameters 6 



Physical and Chemical Oceanographic Parameters 8 



Biological Oceanographic Parameters 8 



Surface Phenomena 9 



SITE SURVEY REQUIREMENTS 10 



SITE SURVEY PROCEDURE 13 



Preliminary Survey 13 



Detail Survey 22 



MEASUREMENT OF PARAMETERS 27 



DOTIPOS System 28 



I n-Situ Vane Shear Device 29 



I n-Situ Cone Penetrometer Device 30 



I n-Situ Plate Bearing Device 31 



Long-Term Settlement Device 33 



I n-Situ Sediment Density— Water Content Probe 37 



Corers 37 



=— — Positioning Systems 38 



Jj Subbottom Profilers 39 



^ f Bottom Mapping Systems 40 



° <=> Systems for Measuring Physical and Chemical 



^= □ Parameters 41 



