A Preliminary Study on Using Acoustic Waves to Measure High Resolution Marine Sediment Bed Structure

Proceedings in Marine Science

Volumn 5, Issue C, 2002, Pages 469-481

  P Y Maa, Jerome ^a   Lee, D Y ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

acoustic waves; chirp signal; measurement device; sediment density structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956676130     PISSN: 15682692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1568-2692(02)80034-1     Document Type: Chapter

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