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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/9409| Title: | CR 81-17 Subsea trenching in the Arctic |
| Authors: | Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory (Port Hueneme, Calif.) Mellor, Malcolm. |
| Keywords: | Arctic Ocean Pipelines Cables Trenching Ditching Underwater Dredging Underwater equipment Ice Underwater vehicles EPOLAR |
| Publisher: | Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Description: | CRREL Report Abstract: Environmental conditions are described for the continental shelf of the western Arctic, and for the shelf of Labrador and Newfoundland. Special emphasis is given to the gouging of bottom sediments by ice pressure ridges and icebergs, and an approach to systematic risk analysis is outlined. Protection of subsea pipelines and cables by trenching and direct embedment is discussed, touching on burial depth, degree of protection, and environmental impact. Conventional land techniques can be adapted for trenching across the beach and through the shallows, but in deeper water special equipment is required. The devices discussed include hydraulic dredges, submarine dredges, plows, rippers, water jets, disc saws and wheel ditchers, ladder trenchers and chain saws, routers and slot millers, ladder dredges, vibratory and percussive machines, and blasting systems. Consideration is given to the relative merits of working with seabed vehicles, or alternatively with direct surface support from vessels or from the sea ice. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/9409 |
| Appears in Collections: | CRREL Report |
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