Evidence for gassy sediments on the inner shelf of SE Korea from geoacoustic properties

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 821-834

  Gorgas, Thomas J ^a   Kim, Gil Y ^b   Park, Soo C ^c   Wilkens, Roy H ^a   Kim, Dae C ^d   Lee, Gwang H ^e   Seo, Young K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^d Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^e Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acoustic properties; Attenuation; Bubbles; Core analysis; Gassy sediments; SE Korea shelf

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORE ANALYSIS; GAS; SEAFLOOR; SHELF SEDIMENT; WAVE ATTENUATION;

KOREA STRAIT;

EID: 0038273954     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(03)00026-8     Document Type: Article

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