On the exponent in the power law for the attenuation at low frequencies in sandy sediments

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Carey, William M ^a   Pierce, Allan D ^a   Evans, Richard E ^a   Holmes, Jason D ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BBN TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION ,; INVERSE ANALYSES; LOW FREQUENCIES; POWER LAWS; SHALLOW WATERS; VELOCITY SHEARS;

ACOUSTICS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES;

ELASTIC WAVES;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CALCULATION; ECHOLOCATION; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SHEAR FLOW; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; THEORY; VELOCITY; WATER TRANSPORT; WAVEFORM;

ACOUSTICS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POROSITY; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOUND; SOUND LOCALIZATION; WATER;

EID: 56749186013     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2987461     Document Type: Article

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