Acoustic penetration of a silty sand sediment in the 1-10-kHz band

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 604-614

  Chotiros, Nicholas P ^a,c,d,e,f   Mautner, Adrienne M ^a,g   Løvik, Arne ^b,h   Kristensen, Åge ^b   Bergem, Oddbjorn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^f Institution of Electrical Engineers   (United Kingdom)

^g FLUOR CORPORATION   (United States)

^h NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Penetration; Permeability

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ACOUSTIC WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAND; SENSORS; SILT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC PENETRATION; BIOT THEORY; BULK MODULUS;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

EID: 0031248972     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/48.650827     Document Type: Article

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