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Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory 

 Port Hueneme, California 93041 



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SITE SURVEYING FOR OCEAN FLOOR CONSTRUCTION 



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Final; October 1967 to April 1969 



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M. C. Hironaka and W. E. Hoffman 



REPORT DATE 



August 1970 



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56-010 



TR-691 



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Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

 Washington, D. C. 



The increase in interest by the Navy and other organizations in placement 

 of structures on the seaf loor necessitates establishing site parameters relevant to such 

 construction, and equipment for measuring these parameters. Included in this report 

 are the site parameters siginificant to designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining 

 a seafloor structure; an outline of the site survey procedure; the equipment available for 

 conducting these site surveys; and data handling and reduction techniques. Also included 

 are recommendations for research required prior to placement of structures and equipment. 



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S/N 0101-607.680 1 



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