Broadband spectra of seismic survey air-gun emissions, with reference to dolphin auditory thresholds

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2177-2184

  Goold, John C ^a   Fish, Peter J ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; AUDITION; MAMMAL; SEISMIC SURVEY; UNDERWATER NOISE;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DOLPHIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

ACOUSTICS; AIR; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ECHOLOCATION; HUMANS; NOISE; PORPOISES;

UK, WALES;

EID: 0031979428     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.421363     Document Type: Article

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