Noise attenuation by green belts

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 149-165

  Pal, A K ^a   Kumar, V ^a   Saxena, N C ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ATTENUATION; COAL MINES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GREEN BELTS; NOISE ATTENUATION;

NOISE POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 0034206257     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsvi.2000.2863     Document Type: Article

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