Research Article

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

Table 6

Physicomechanical property parameters of different origin clays.

Type of soil (%) (%) (kPa) (°)

General clay soil0.55~1.0015~3025~455~200.0~0.110~5015.0~22.0
Newly deposited clay0.70~1.2024~3630~456~180.3~1.210~207.0~15.0
Coastal silty soil1.00~2.0036~7030~6510~25>1.05~154.0~10.0
Deep-sea sediments6.03246.2145.257.02.1512.63.1