Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Physics of Sound in Marine Sediments

  • Book
  • © 1974

Overview

Editors:
  1. Loyd Hampton

    1. Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

Part of the book series: Marine Science (MR)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Theory

    2. Interpretation

      1. Acoustic and Mechanical Loading of Marine Sediments
        • Denzil Taylor Smith
        Pages 41-61
      2. Influence of Anisotropy and Soil Structure on Elastic Properties of Sediments
        • V. A. Nacci, M. C. Wang, J. Gallagher
        Pages 63-87
      3. The Seismic Wide Angle Reflection Method in the Study of Ocean Sediment Velocity Structure
        • G. L. Maynard, G. H. Sutton, D. M. Hussong, L. W. Kroenke
        Pages 89-117
      4. Sonobuoy Measurements in Thin Layers
        • George M. Bryan
        Pages 119-130

  4. Measurement Techniques

    1. Nonlinear Acoustics and Its Role in the Sedimentary Geophysics of the Sea

      • Thomas G. Muir
      Pages 241-291

    2. Near-Bottom Acoustic Observations of Abyssal Topography and Reflectivity

      • Peter F. Lonsdale, Robert C. Tyce, F. N. Spiess
      Pages 293-317

    3. Remote Sediment Classification Potential of Reflected Acoustic Signals

      • D. L. Bell, W. J. Porter
      Pages 319-335

    4. Measurement of Viscoelastic Properties of Sediments Using a Torsionally Vibrating Probe

      • R. S. Andrews, O. B. Wilson Jr.
      Pages 337-355

    5. A Method for Measuring in Situ Acoustic Properties During Sediment Coring

      • Aubrey L. Anderson, Loyd D. Hampton
      Pages 357-371
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

The phenomenon of sound transmissions through marine sediments is of extreme interest to both the United States civilian and Navy research communities. Both communities have conducted research within the field of this phenomenon approaching it from different perspectives. The academic research community has approached it as a technique for studying sedimentary and crustal structures of the ocean basins. The Navy research community has approached it as an additional variable in the predictability of sound trans­ mission through oceanic waters. In order to join these diverse talents, with the principal aim of bringing into sharp focus the state-of-the-science in the problems relating to the behavior of sound in marine sediments, the Office of Naval Research organized and sponsored an invited symposium on this subject. The papers published in this volume are the results of this symposium and mark the frontiers in the state-of-the-art. The symposia series were based on five research areas identified by ONR as being particularly suitable for critical review and for the appraisal of future research trends. These areas include: 1. Physics of Sound in Marine Sediments, 2. Physical and Engineering Properties of Deep-Sea Sediments, 3. The Role of Bottom Currents in Sea Floor Geological Processes, 4. Nephelometry and the Optical Properties of the Ocean I'laters, S. Natural Gases in Marine Sediments and Their Mode of Distribution. These five areas also form some of the research priorities of the ONR program in Marine Geology and Geophysics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

    Loyd Hampton

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Physics of Sound in Marine Sediments

  • Editors: Loyd Hampton

  • Series Title: Marine Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0838-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1974

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-0840-9Published: 25 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-0838-6Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 569

  • Topics: Oceanography

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation