In situ and laboratory geoacoustic measurements in soft mud and hard-packed sand sediments: Implications for high-frequency acoustic propagation and scattering

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 196-203

  Richardson, M D ^a   Briggs, K B ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001657156     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01204509     Document Type: Article

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