High-Frequency Seafloor Acoustics

• Main Authors: Jackson, Darrell R. (Author), Richardson, Michael D. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
• Series: Underwater Acoustics
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Hydrogeology.; Oceanography.; Acoustics.; Engineering.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Engineering, general.

High-Frequency Seafloor Acoustics is the first book in a new series sponsored by the Office of Naval Research on the latest research in underwater acoustics. This exciting new title provides ready access to experimental data, theory, and models relevant to high-frequency seafloor acoustics and will...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Concepts and Definitions
• The Nature of Marine Sediments
• Physical Properties
• Geoacoustic Properties
• Seafloor Roughness
• Sediment Heterogeneity
• Fluid Theories
• Elastic Theories
• Poroelastic Theories
• Reflection
• Seafloor Scattering Experiments
• Roughness Scattering Models
• Sediment Volume Scattering
• Acoustic Penetration of the Seafloor
• Backscatter Statistics.