Measuring bubble populations in gassy marine sediments: A review

Institute of Acoustics - Spring Conference Futures in Acoustics 2006: Today's Research - Tomorrow's Careers

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 60-68

  Robb, G B N ^a   Leighton, T G ^a   Dix, J K ^a   Best, A I ^a   Humphrey, V F ^b   White, P R ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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