An acoustic study of soils that model seabed sediments containing gas bubbles

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 163-176

  Gardner, T N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; BUBBLE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; WAVE VELOCITY;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; GAS ANALYSIS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL;

EID: 0033986054     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.428298     Document Type: Article

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