Submarine Sediments: Geomechanical Effects of Contamination
A special issue of Geosciences (ISSN 2076-3263).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 293
Special Issue Editors
Interests: geotechnics; tectonics; soil mechanics; geotechnical engineering; engineering geology; slope stability; soil structure interaction; numerical modeling; geological mapping; finite element analysis
Interests: geotechnics; soil mechanics; geotechnical engineering; slope stability; environmental engineering; civil engineering; sediments; geomechanics; engineering geology; numerical modeling in geotechnical engineering
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Marine sediments, currently lying on the sea floor, are generally very soft and normally consolidated, but given their recent deposition—and when deposited in quiet marine environments—may include a sedimentation structure of significant sensitivity. Thus, their hydromechanical behaviour is controlled by a relatively high-porosity sedimentation structure, and their characterization requires high standard sampling and testing techniques, especially given the proneness of these sediments to be affected by even limited disturbance.
The literature reports studies on the hydromechanics of marine sediments, which highlight the influence of grain sorting and mineralogy on their properties, also providing a relation of such properties with clay microstructural features. However, more and more pollution is being recorded within marine sites, leading to the contamination of the sediments and of the soil deposit at the sea floor. However, the onset of research about the effects of contamination on the hydromechanical properties of the marine sediments is quite recent, despite its importance for the assessment of the contamination fate and mobility, and hence evaluation of the contamination risk.
The aim of the present Special Issue is to publish research work providing knowledge about the effects of contaminants, either organic or inorganic, on the hydraulic and mechanical properties and structure of marine sediments and deposits. Contributions on experimental characterization of such properties, in light of the chemical contamination of the sediments, are welcome, as well as studies addressed at the definition of either the conceptual, or the numerical modeling of contaminated marine sites, intended for the prediction of the mobility and fate of the contaminants and of the danger for living species.
Prof. Dr. Federica Cotecchia
Prof. Dr. Claudia Vitone
Guest Editors
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