In situ sediment dispersion estimates in the presence of discrete layers and gradients

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-61

  Holland, Charles W ^a   Dettmer, Jan ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOT THEORY; COHESIVE SEDIMENTS; DISCRETE LAYERS; FLOWTHROUGH; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; INTERSTITIAL PORES; LINEAR FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; LOW-FREQUENCY DISPERSIONS; PARAMETER VALUES; PEAK FREQUENCIES; SEDIMENT COLUMN; SEDIMENT MODEL; SOUND SPEED; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

DISPERSIONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

WATER;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MOTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SEDIMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; VISCOSITY;

ACOUSTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 84872084676     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4765300     Document Type: Article

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