Influential Factors of the Static Shear Properties of Coral Mud in the South China Sea

Table 1

Mineral composition of coral mud and Taizhou soil.

Type	Mineral composition		Chemical component
	Percentage mass of various minerals (Wt, %)		Percentage of mass of each element (Wt, %)
Coral mud	Biogenic calcium carbonate	(Mg.129Ca.871) CO3	Ca	Mg	O	C
	60.6	39.4	38.7	1	48.3	12.1
Taizhou soil	SiO2	(Mg0.03Ca0.97) CO3	Ca	Si	O	C
	92.7	7.3	2.9	43.3	52.9	0.9