Seismic Properties of Shallow-water Sediments: A Component of the Strataform Program

Abstract

The long-term scientific objective is to enhance our knowledge of the ocean environment (in this case the littoral seafloor) and the processes which govern it. The project objectives are to aid in the understanding of the formation of stratigraphy on margins. This particular part of this effort is focussed on the measurement of seafloor shear velocities off Humboldt Bay,the west coast STRATAFORM site. Shear wave velocity is the most variable of the seismic parameters and has the most potential as a "remote-sensing" diagnostic tool.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA628430

Entities

People

  • Leroy M. Dorman

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Depth
  • Fluids
  • Frequency
  • Group Velocity
  • Information Operations
  • Measurement
  • Ocean Environments
  • Oceans
  • Remote Sensing
  • Seabed
  • Secondary Waves
  • Sediments
  • Shallow Depth
  • Shallow Water
  • Water
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Oceanography.