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- This book will be a "how-to" guide to offshore industries (oil and gas, renewables, harbour building) looking at techniques to make their offshore installations safe and efficient
- By drawing on innovative acoustic approaches, this book will also be useful as a reference textbook highlighting the design, refinement and commercial adoption of a new approach to acoustic interrogation of the seabed and sub-seabed, bridging the gap between research and application
- This Springer Brief combines the novelty of the technique with the accessibility of its presentation, reaching out to a wide audience
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Oceanography (BRIEFSOCEAN)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Offshore drilling and constructions require exact knowledge of the geophysical properties of the seabed and sub-seabed, as unexpected objects can slow down or halt projects. This book presents the state-of-the-art in acoustic exploration of the seabed and sub-seabed, from initial designs in the 1980s to commercial contracting and operation of the Acoustic Corer™ in the last decade. The Acoustic Corer™ is a high-definition commercial acoustic sub-bottom imaging system, producing an “acoustic core” within which sub-seabed sedimentary characteristics and discrete buried objects larger than 0.5 m can be identified and mapped. It makes use of the innovative JYG-cross design, inspired by seismic reflection and uses Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) multi-angle scattering in and within the seabed to deliver unprecedented imagery. This book was written by the inventor of these concepts, a known specialist in seabed acoustics, with help from an experienced academic and author. It is intended first and foremost as a “how-to” guide for offshore industries looking at techniques to make the installation of different types of structures safe and efficient.
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Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Physics, University of Bath, Bath, Avon, United Kingdom and Acoustic Zoom Ltd, , Paradise, Canada
Jacques Yves Guigné
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Department of Physics, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
Philippe Blondel
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Acoustic Investigation of Complex Seabeds
Authors: Jacques Yves Guigné, Philippe Blondel
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Oceanography
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02579-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-02578-0Published: 20 February 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-02579-7Published: 10 February 2017
Series ISSN: 2196-1212
Series E-ISSN: 2196-1220
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 108
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 72 illustrations in colour
Topics: Oceanography, Offshore Engineering, Geophysics/Geodesy