Geoacoustic Parameters of Marine Sediments: Theory and Experiment

Abstract

The long term objective is to characterize fully the inter-relationships that exist between the geoacoustic properties (i.e., compressional-wave speed and attenuation, shear-wave speed and attenuation, frequency, density, porosity, grain size, grain shape and overburden pressure) of saturated, unconsolidated granular media such as marine sediments. This will be based on at-sea experiments and the development of new, physics-based theories of wave propagation in saturated granular media.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2006
Accession Number
ADA612628

Entities

People

  • M. J. Buckingham

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acoustic Properties
  • Acoustics
  • Ambient Noise
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Doppler Effect
  • Grain Size
  • Granular Materials
  • Materials
  • Physical Properties
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Propeller Noise
  • Secondary Waves
  • Three Dimensional
  • Underwater Acoustics
  • Wave Propagation

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Oceanography.