An attenuation-based sediment classification technique using Chirp sub-bottom profiler data and laboratory acoustic analysis

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 277-298

  Stevenson, I R ^a   McCann, C ^b   Runciman, P B ^c  

^a De Beers Group   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c Klein Associates Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Chirp sub bottom profiler; Q; Sediment classification

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ATTENUATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; SAND; SILT; STRATIGRAPHY;

HILBERT TRANSFORMS;

SEDIMENTS;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; CLASSIFICATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; PROFILER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 0242710965     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025708024518     Document Type: Article

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