GEOACOUSTIC MODELS OF THE SEA FLOOR. I. SHALLOW BERING SEA; 2. MOHOLE (GUADALUPE SITE)

• Main Author: Hamilton, E. L.
• Other Authors: NAVY ELECTRONICS LAB SAN DIEGO CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1965
• Subjects: *OCEAN BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UNDERWATER SOUND; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SEDIMENTATION; MEASUREMENT; BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN ISLANDS; SAND; CLAY; PROPAGATION; VELOCITY; SPECIFICATIONS; INSTRUMENTATION; ATTENUATION; NAVAL RESEARCH; THICKNESS; TABLES(DATA); BIBLIOGRAPHIES; GEOACOUSTICS; MODELS; MOHOLE PROJECT; Most project-2; Bering Sea; Pacific
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0466064; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0466064

The information and technology necessary to derive a valid geological-geophysical-acoustic model of the sea floor are presented. Two contrasting models are detailed and discussed: one in the Bering Sea which has a shallow-water, high-velocity, hard-sand bottom; and the Mohole (Guadalupe Site) model which has a deep-water, low-velocity, soft-clay bottom. Other models are to be reported in a continuing series. (Author)