Synthetic array measurements of acoustical waves propagating into a water-saturated sandy bottom for a smoothed and a roughened interface

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 107, Issue 5 I, 2000, Pages 2329-2337

  Simpson, Harry J ^a   Houston, Brian H ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACOUSTIC WAVE; REMOTE SENSING; SATURATED MEDIUM; SEAFLOOR; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND PRESSURE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; VELOCITY;

EID: 0034075986     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.428618     Document Type: Article

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