Predictions of the acoustic scattering response of free-methane bubbles in muddy sediments

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 163-172

  Lyons, Anthony P ^a   Duncan, Michael E ^a   Anderson, Aubrey L ^a   Hawkins, James A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SHEAR STRESS; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TRANSDUCER; X RAY ANALYSIS; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0030052543     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.414500     Document Type: Article

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