Sound Velocity, Elasticity, and Related Properties of Marine Sediments, North Pacific. 1. Sediment Properties, Environmental Control, and Empirical Relationships

Abstract

A study of marine sediments in three major environments of the North Pacific: the continental terrace (shelf and slope), abyssal plain (turbidite), and abyssal hill (pelagic). Laboratory values of the mass physical properties of the sediments (e.g., sound velocity, density, porosity, grain size, and others) are measured and computed and their empirical relationships and environmental differences are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0864291

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  • E. L. Hamilton

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  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Properties
  • Acoustics
  • Chemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Divers
  • Elastic Properties
  • Grain Size
  • Laboratory Procedures
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Phyllosilicates
  • Physical Properties
  • Seabed
  • Sonar

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