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- Title
Shear strength characteristics of marine sediments: the influences of lithofacies and sedimentological environment.
- Authors
Hussein, Abdullah Ali Ali; Zhao, Luanxiao; Al-Masgari, Abd Al-Salam A.; Handoyo, Handoyo
- Abstract
The undrained shear strength of marine sediment is of vital importance because of its critical role in seafloor slope stability, seafloor infrastructure, and influencing sediment dynamics that can lead to underwater landslides. Therefore, understanding the undrained shear strength of marine sediments and its influencing factors is a fundamental requirement for both offshore engineering and geoscience studies. Core data obtained from 198 sites across 46 legs of the Ocean Drilling Program/International Ocean Discovery Program (ODP/IODP) were used to analyze the undrained shear strength of marine sediments and their influencing factors. The undrained shear strength of marine sediments is significantly influenced by the depositional environment. Sediments deposited in active continental margins exhibit a higher undrained shear strength than those deposited in deep-sea and carbonate platform environments due to seismic strengthening and over-consolidation. It was found that fine-grained siliciclastic lithofacies with less than 50% carbonate content exhibited high variability and a rapid increase in the undrained shear strength with depth. In contrast, fine-grained carbonate lithofacies with more than 50% carbonate, as well as reef-facies carbonates, showed low variability and only a gradual increase in undrained shear strength with depth. Additionally, we showed a positive association between the undrained shear strength and physical characteristics including bulk density and P-wave velocity, as well as an inverse correlation with porosity. An exponential relationship was found between these physical properties and the undrained shear strength, with coefficients of determination (R²) values of 0.71, 0.74, and 0.69, respectively.
- Subjects
SHEAR strength; MARINE sediments; LITHOFACIES; SLOPE stability; CONTINENTAL margins; LANDSLIDES; SHEAR strength of soils
- Publication
Marine Geophysical Research, 2024, Vol 45, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0025-3235
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11001-024-09545-4