Acoustic density measurements of consolidating cohesive sediment beds by means of a non-intrusive "Micro-Chirp" acoustic system

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 585-593

  Ha, Ho Kyung ^a   Maa, Jerome P Y ^b   Holland, Charles W ^c  

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

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DENSITY; ACOUSTIC ECHOES; ACOUSTIC SIGNAL ANALYSIS; ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS; BULK DENSITY; COHESIVE SEDIMENTS; CONSOLIDATION TIME; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; NON-INTRUSIVE; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; SEDIMENT INTERFACE; SPEED OF SOUNDS; WATER MIXTURE;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ACOUSTIC WAVES; CONSOLIDATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE; ACOUSTICS; BULK DENSITY; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; CONSOLIDATION; ECHO SOUNDING; ESTIMATION METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; WAVE REFLECTION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 78349313622     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-010-0206-y     Document Type: Article

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