Visual and passive acoustic marine mammal observations and high-frequency seismic source characteristics recorded during a seismic survey

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 469-483

  Potter, John R ^a   Thillet, Marielle ^b   Douglas, Craig ^c   Chitre, Mandar A ^a   Doborzynski, Zbigniew ^b   Seekings, Paul J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ENCANA CORPORATION   (Canada)

^c Seamap Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Beaked whale; Marine mammal; Seismic surveying

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY; SURVEYING; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTICS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HYDROPHONES; MAMMALS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BEAKED WHALE; MARINE MAMMAL; SEISMIC ENERGY; SEISMIC SURVEYING;

MARINE BIOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY;

3-D SEISMIC SURVEY; BEAKED WHALE; LOW-FREQUENCY COMPONENTS; MARINE MAMMALS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; NORTHWEST ATLANTIC; SEISMIC ACQUISITION; SPECTROGRAM DISPLAY;

EID: 40449108320     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2006.880427     Document Type: Article

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