Tidal height and frequency dependence of acoustic velocity and attenuation in shallow gassy marine sediments

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Best, Angus I ^a   Tuffin, Michael D J ^a   Dix, Justin K ^a   Bull, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Attenuation; Gassy marine sediments; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE; BUBBLE; DEGASSING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; RESONANCE; TIDAL RANGE;

DIBDEN BAY; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HAMPSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 7044235844     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002748     Document Type: Article

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