Preliminary mapping of void fractions and sound speeds in gassy marine sediments from subbottom profiles

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Leighton, T G ^a   Robb, G B N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARING PROPERTIES; HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTIONS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; SIMPLE METHODS; SOUND SPEEDS; SUBBOTTOM PROFILES;

EARTH SCIENCES; METHANE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

VOID FRACTION;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; DYNAMICS; GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GAS; MEASUREMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

GASES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; SEAWATER; SOUND;

EID: 56749132250     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2993744     Document Type: Article

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