Physical and Mechanical Properties of Deep Oceanic Sediments Cored from the Bottom of Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench

Table 5

Consolidation test parameters.

Pressure, (kPa)	Pressure variation, (kPa)	Deformation, (mm)	Total deformation, (mm)	Void ratio,	Void ratio variation,	Compression coefficient, (MPa^-1)	Compression modulus, (MPa^-1)
12.5	12.5	1.485	1.485	5.094	0.489	39.120	0.017
25.5	12.5	1.456	2.941	4.615	0.479	38.339	0.173
50	25	1.717	4.658	4.050	0.565	22.606	0.294
100	50	1.601	6.259	3.523	0.527	10.539	0.630
200	100	1.678	7.937	2.971	0.552	5.523	1.202