Microstructure of Fine-Grained Sediments

I Basic Clay Microstructure.- A. Microstructure: Signatures.- 1 The Signatures of Clay Microstructure-Overview.- 2 Determinants of Clay and Shale Microfabric Signatures: Processes and Mechanisms.- 3 Millimeter-Scale Sedimentary Structure of Fine-Grained Sediments: Examples from Continental Margin Environments.- 4 Problems of Particle Delamination and of Stepwise Aggregation in Clay Swelling.- 5 The Nature and Significance of Gas-Generated Microvoids as "Secondary" Microfabric Features in Modern and Pleistocene Marine and Estuarine Sediments.- 6 Clay Fabric of Fine-Grained Turbidite Sequences from the Southern Nares Abyssal Plain s.- 7 Microfabric and Physical Properties Characteristics of a Consolidated Clay Section: ODP Site 697, Weddell Sea.- 8 Physical Property Changes Accompanying Deep Burial of Clay-Rich Sediments, Barbados Convergent Margin.- 9 Sedimentary Structures: Textures and Depositional Settings of Shales from the Lower Belt Supergroup, Mid-Proterozoic, Montana, U.S.A.- 10 Porosities, Permeabilities, and Microfabrics of Devonian Shales.- I Basic Clay Microstructure.- B. Environmental Processes: A Continuum.- 11 Environmental Processes: A Continuum-Overview.- 12 Interparticle Grain Size Relationships Resulting from Flocculation.- 13 The Changing Microfabric of Suspended Particulate Matter-The Fluvial to Marine Transition: Flocculation, Agglomeration, and Pelletization.- 14 Microstructure of Suspensates: From Stream to Shelf.- 15 The Influence of Organic Carbon Flux on the Deposition of Clays in the Marine Environment: Implications with Respect to Microstructure.- 16 Mass Arrival Mechanisms and Clay Deposition at the Seafloor.- 17 Distinguishing Features of Layered Muds Deposited from Shallow Water High Concentration Suspensions.- 18 Effect of Bed Shear Stresses on the Deposition and Strength of Deposited Cohesive Muds.- 19 Fluidization of Soft Estuarine Mud by Waves.- 20 The Significance of Sediment-Flow Dynamics on Clay Microstructure Development: Riverine and Continental Shelf Environments.- 21 Silt Microfabric of Detrital, Deep Sea Mud(stone)s (California Continental Borderland) as Shown by Backscattered Electron Microscopy.- 22 Physical Properties and Microstructural Response of Sediments to Accretion-Subduction: Barbados Forearc.- 23 Anomalous Stress History of Sediments of the Northwest Pacific: The Role of Microstructure.- II Applied Clay Microstructure.- A. Modeling-Past and Present: New Directions.- 24 Modeling-Past and Present: New Directions-Overview.- 25 Influence of Some Physicochemical Activities on Mechanical Behavior of Clays.- 26 Organization of Clay Particles in Aqueous Suspension as Inferred from Spectroscopy of Organic Dyes.- 27 Some Effects of Vicinal Water on the Sedimentation Process, Compaction, and Ultimate Properties of Sediments.- 28 Rheology and Microstructure of Concentrated Illite Suspensions.- 29 A Coupled Fluid Expulsion/Deformation Model of Dewatering Sediments.- 30 The Floc Camera: A Three-Dimensional Imaging System of Suspended Particulate Matter.- 31 Characterization of Clay Fabric.- 32 Microtexture and Microchemistry of Clay-Rich Sediments.- 33 Quantitative Rock Mineral Analysis.- II Applied Clay Microstructure.- B. Measurements/Techniques/Sampling Strategy.- 34 Applied Clay Microstructure: Measurements, Techniques, and Sampling Strategies for Clay Fabric Research-Overview.- 35 Techniques for the Preparation of Submarine Sediments for Electron Microscopy.- 36 Observation Technique for Wet Clay Minerals Using Film-Sealed Environmental Cell Equipment Attached to High-Resolution Electron Microscope.- 37 Clay Fabric of Gassy Submarine Sediments.- 38 Objective Measurement and Classification of Microfabrics and Their Relationship to Physical Properties.- 39 Automatic Analysis of Microstructure of Cohesive Sediments.- 40 The Application of Image Analysis Techniques to Microstructure Studies in Geotechnical Engineering.- 41 Quantification of Clay Fabric: A Simple Technique.- 42 Measurements of Bond Energy of Clays and Ocean Wave Attenuation.- 43 Geoacoustic Properties of a Marine Silt.- 44 Sediment Shear Waves: A Comparison of In Situ and Laboratory Measurements.- 45 Geoacoustic Properties in the Near-Surface Sediment in Response to Periodic Deposition.- 46 Elasticity of Fine-Grained Abyssal Sediments, Brazil Basin, South Atlantic Ocean.- II Applied Clay Microstructure.- C. Applications: Present Requirements.- 47 Applications: Present Requirements, Waste Disposal, Containment, and Packing Material.- 48 Disposal of Radioactive and Hazardous Wastes into Clay-Rich Rocks.- 49 Preliminary Geotechnical Considerations of Borehole Facilities as Waste Repositories in Clay Deposits.- 50 Hydrocarbon Liquids and Clay Microstructure.- 51 Effects of Hydrothermal Treatment on the Engineering Properties, Microstructure, and Composition of Oilwell Cements.- 52 The Role of the Microstructure of Pacific Red Clays in Radioactive Waste Disposal.- 53 Influences on the Rheology of Marine Sediments Composed of Low-Activity Minerals.- 54 The Geotechnical Importance of Clay Flexibility.- 55 The Microfabric of Some Hong Kong Marine Soils.- 56 Application of Microstructure Classification of Marine Sediment to Engineering Geological Evaluation.- 57 Preliminary Geotechnical Evaluation of Deep Borehole Facilities for Nuclear Waste Disposal in Shales.- 58 Microstructural and Mineralogical Characterization of Selected Shales in Support of Nuclear Waste Repository Studies.- III Future Research Directions and Recommendations: Basic and Applied.- 59 Research Recommendations of the Clay Microstructure Workshop.