The frequency dependence of compressional wave velocity and attenuation coefficient of intertidal marine sediments

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2526-2537

  Robb, G B N ^a   Best, A I ^a   Dix, J K ^a   Bull, J M ^a   Leighton, T G ^b   White, P R ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COMPRESSIONAL WAVE VELOCITY; MARINE SEDIMENTS; PHASE VELOCITIES; TRANSDUCER COUPLING;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VELOCITY;

EID: 33750311239     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2345908     Document Type: Article

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