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Sea-Bottom Reverberation: The Role of Volume Inhomogeneities of the Sediment

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Ocean Reverberation

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The bottom backscattering strength due to the upper sediment volume is expressed by a rather simple expression, under assumptions valid in many practical cases. An analysis of some published sediment core measurements, allows us to obtain experimental orders of magnitude for the velocity and density fluctuations, and their spatial correlation function. The bottom strengths calculated with these experimental values confirm the importance of the role of sediment volume scattering in the general phenomenon.

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  1. Thomson-Sintra ASM, 1 av. Aristide Briand, 94117, Arcueil, France

    M. Gensane

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    Dale D. Ellis , John R. Preston  & Heinz G. Urban ,  & 

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Gensane, M. (1993). Sea-Bottom Reverberation: The Role of Volume Inhomogeneities of the Sediment. In: Ellis, D.D., Preston, J.R., Urban, H.G. (eds) Ocean Reverberation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2078-4_6

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