Theory of acoustic attenuation, dispersion, and pulse propagation in unconsolidated granular materials including marine sediments

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 5 I, 1997, Pages 2579-2596

  Buckingham, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTS; SOUND PROPAGATION; UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE DISSIPATION;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOUND TRANSMISSION; THEORY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030691982     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.420313     Document Type: Article

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