Marine Geotechnical Engineering
In subsea geotechnical engineering, seabed materials are considered a two-phase material composed of 1) rock or mineral particles and 2) water. Structures may be fixed in place in the seabed—as in piers, jettys, or fixed-bottom wind turbines—or may be floating structures anchored to remain in a sea-surface position that remain roughly fixed relative to its geotechnical anchor point.
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