A technique for measuring in-situ compressional wave speed dispersion in marine sediments

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 748-763

  Holland, Charles W ^a   Dettmer, Jan ^b   Dosso, Stan E ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispersive media; Frequency dependence of compressional wave attenuation; Sediments; Speed dispersion measurement

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DISPERSION; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

DISPERSIVE MEDIA; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE OF COMPRESSIONAL WAVE ATTENUATION; SPEED DISPERSION MEASUREMENT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 33144477910     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2005.862136     Document Type: Article

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