Acoustic measurements of suspended sediments in turbulent currents and comparison with in-situ samples

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 5 I, 1997, Pages 2603-2614

  Thorne, Peter D ^a   Hardcastle, Peter J ^a  

^a Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ESTUARY; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEDIMENT; SOUND; SUSPENSION; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030928953     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.418501     Document Type: Article

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