for resistivity methodology creates new possibilities. Our combined analysis of laboratory and field
experimental results demonstrates the consolidation process and the contemporaneous physical, mechanical
and electrical properties of marine sediments in the Yellow River estuary, and we discuss the feasibility of
and that influence in situ monitoring of the sediment consolidation process using a multi-electrode probe.
These results demonstrate that resistivity is a good indirect predictor of porosity, which is the primary factor
affecting resistivity behavior during the consolidation process. Values for empirical constants a and m for Yellow
River estuary sediment can be obtained based on Archie's formula. The relationship between resistivity
and the geotechnical strength of silty sediments in the Yellow River estuary shows that the penetration resistance
(determined by a light penetration test) and undrained shear strength (determined by a vane shear
test) are closely correlated to resistivity with a power function during the consolidation process of a
uniform-originated seabed.