An integrated acoustic and electromagnetic wave-based technique to estimate subbottom sediment properties in a freshwater environment

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-221

  Lin, Y T ^a   Wu, C H ^a   Fratta, D ^a   Kung, K J S ^b  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; ALGORITHM; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INVERSION LAYER; POROSITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 77953267007     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2010006     Document Type: Article

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