Comparison of sound speed and attenuation measured in a sandy sediment to predictions based on the Biot theory of porous media

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 413-428

  Williams, Kevin L ^a   Jackson, Darrell R ^a   Thorsos, Eric I ^a   Tang, Dajun ^a   Schock, Steven G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Florida Atlantic Univ   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic propagation; Acoustic waves; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ATTENUATION; FREQUENCIES; POROUS MATERIALS; SEDIMENTS;

BIOT THEORY;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 0036661784     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2002.1040928     Document Type: Article

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