Quantitative integration of offshore geotechnical and geophysical site investigation data for carbonate sediments on the Australian Continental Shelf

This thesis presents a series of quantitative analyses integrating geotechnical and geophysical site investigation data from two sites located on the Australian Continental Shelf. The analyses include derivation of geotechnical seabed properties using Chirp sub-bottom profiler and multichannel seismic data through regression techniques, study of the relationship between geotechnical and acoustic properties of carbonate sediments using existing and newly produced laboratory data, and the application of a seismic inversion workflow for the prediction of seabed sediment properties. The subsurface profiles studied in this work are composed of carbonate sediments ranging from muds to sands, with zones of variable cementation.