Open AccessTETRAPODS
Author(s) -
Pierre Danel
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v4.28
Subject(s) - tetrapod (structure) , archaeology , geography , engineering , geology , paleontology
The tetrapod is no longer entirely a new-comer in the field of marine construction. The sea water intake of the Roches Noires thermic power station at Casablanca, North Africa, the first structure for which tetrapods were used, was constructed nearly four years ago. However, it is of interest to recall the ideas which stimulated the invention of this new type of protection