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The origin and behaviour of deep ocean clay crusts (Subtitle: ...when biology meets engineering...)

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This talk will describe the phenomenon of deep sea soft clay crusts found off the west coast of Africa and the possible implications of its presence to hot-oil pipeline design. A discussion of the possible hypotheses for the crust’s origin will be followed by the presentation of some surprising results from Cam-shear testing on pipeline coating interfaces. Evidence for biological activity within the crust in the form of burrowing invertebrates (worms) is presented with a focus on the mechanical behaviour of worm faecal pellets extracted from deep ocean cores.

This talk is part of the Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars series.

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