Acoustic observation of the time dependence of the roughness of sandy seafloors

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-422

  Jackson, Darrell R ^a   Richardson, Michael D ^b   Williams, Kevin L ^a   Lyons, Anthony P ^c   Jones, Christopher D ^a   Briggs, Kevin B ^b   Tang, Dajun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic scattering; Bioturbation; Diffusion processes; Seafloor; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; ACOUSTIC SCATTERING; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; BIOTURBATION; DIFFUSION PROCESS; DIFFUSIVITIES; FORCING TERMS; MODEL YIELDS; SEA FLOOR; SEAFLOOR SEDIMENTS; SEAFLOORS; SMALL SCALE; STATISTICAL MODELS; TIME DEPENDENCE; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

ACOUSTIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTICS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; IGNEOUS ROCKS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 73049107162     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2009.2021287     Document Type: Article

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