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This work is part of an extensive geotechnical investigation of a typical pelagic “red” clay deposit in the Northwest Pacific Ocean east of Shatsky Rise (Fig. 23.1). Details of this project and its results were presented by Dadey (1983) and Marine Geotechnical Consortium (1985). This chapter focuses on anomalous stress history observed in these sediments and considers the possible influences of microstructure. Standard piston and gravity cores are available from the area, but our work concentrated on hydraulic piston core DSDP 576A because of its length (66 m) and well-constrained coring conditions.
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Dadey, K.A., Leinen, M., Silva, A.J. (1991). Anomalous Stress History of Sediments of the Northwest Pacific: The Role of Microstructure. In: Bennett, R.H., et al. Microstructure of Fine-Grained Sediments. Frontiers in Sedimentary Geology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4428-8_23
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