Abstract
The geophysicist uses mathematics to formulate the physical precepts involved in the transmission of sound as applied to high-resolution geophysical (HRG) surveys. The purpose of the following paragraphs is to expose the nongeophysicist to a few of those principles. Standard textbooks on the subjects of geophysics (1, 2), acoustics (3), or optics should be consulted for greater detail and the mathematical derivations.
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Trabant, P.K. (1984). Marine Geophysics: An Overview. In: Applied High-Resolution Geophysical Methods. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6493-8_2
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