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A theoretical and experimental exposition of the principal nonlinear acoustic phenomena is presented and interpreted in the light of applications to the sediments.
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Muir, T.G. (1974). Nonlinear Acoustics and Its Role in the Sedimentary Geophysics of the Sea. In: Hampton, L. (eds) Physics of Sound in Marine Sediments. Marine Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0838-6_11
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