Partecipants:

• Texas A&M University, Department of Oceanography, OTRC
• University of Rhode Island, Geomechanics Marine Laboratory

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Publications:

Proceedings:

• "Long Coring in Deepwater for Seabed Research, Geohazard Studies and Geotechnical Investigations," A. Silva, W. Bryant, A. Young, P. Schultheiss, W. Dunlap, G. Sykora, D. Bean and C. Honganen. Proceedings of Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX. May 1999.
• "Large-diameter Long Coring in Deep Water for Seabed Geohazard and Geotechnical Investigations", Armand J. Silva. Proceedings of the IBC Global Conference on Seabed Geotechnics, London, December 9-10, 1999.
• "Jumbo Coring in Deep Water Gulf of Mexico for Seabed Geohazard Geotechnical Investigations", A. Silva and W. Bryant. Presented at ISOPE 2000 (May/June).
• "Stress-Strain Behavior and Stress State of Gulf of Mexico Clays in Relation to Slope Processes", A. Silva, W. Bryant, A. Bradshaw, P. LaRosa and C. Baxter. Proceedings of Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Houston, TX, May 2000.
• "Comparison of Geotechnical Properties from Large-diameter Long Cores and Borings in Deep Water Gulf of Mexico", A. Young, C. Honganen, A. Silva and W. Bryant. Proceedings of Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Houston, TX, May 2000).
• "Geotechnical Stratigraphy of Continental Slope Sediments, Northwest Gulf of Mexico", W. Bryant, A. Silva, W. Dunlap, D. Bean and J. Liu. Proceedings of Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Houston, TX, May 2000.
• "Stress-Strain and Strength Behavior of Marine Clays from Continental Slope, Gulf of Mexico", A. Silva, A. Bradshaw, C. Baxter, and W. Bryant. (Paper and presentation), Engineering Mechanics Divisions, American Society of Civil Engineering (EMD 2000) Conference, Austin, TX. (May 2000).
• "Jumbo Piston Coring in Deep Water Gulf of Mexico for Seabed Geohazard and Geotechnical Investigations", A. Silva and W. Bryant. Proceedings of the Tenth International Offshore and Polar engineering Conference (ISOPE), Seattle, WA, May/June 2000.
• "Sedimentological Nature of the Bryant Canyon Area, Northwest Gulf of Mexico", E. Tripsanas, W.R. Bryant, D. Berti, A.J. Silva. AAPG Bulletin, 84(10):1692-1693
• "Stress States of Marine Sediments in Plateau and Basin Slopes Areas of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico" A. Silva, P. LaRosa, M. Brausse, C. Baxter, and W. Bryant. Proceedings of Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Houston, TX, May 2001.

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TAMU Thesis:

• Tripsanas, E., 2003. Evolution of sedimentological and slope instability processes on the Bryant Canyon area, northwest Gulf of Mexico, Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
• Berti, D., 2003. Clay mineralogy and its effect on physical properties in the Gulf of Mexico continental slope, M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

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URI Thesis:

• Becker, C., 1999. Stress History and Permeability of Sediments from the Continental Slope, Northwest Gulf of Mexico, M.S. Thesis, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett.
• Bradshaw, A.S., 2000. Geotechnical Properties and stratigraphy of the Northwest Continental Slope, Gulf of Mexico, M.S. Thesis, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett.
• LaRosa, P.T., 2000. Identification of mass wasting using stress state on basin slope in northwestern Gulf of Mexico, M.S. Thesis, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett.
• Brausse, M., 2001. Underconsolidation and Apparent Overconsolidation in marine Sediments: A Study of Stress States in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico, M.S. Thesis, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett.
• Hippe, F., 2001. Triaxial Strength Parameters and Application for Finite Element Modeling of Submarine Slopes in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico, M.S. Thesis, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett.

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