Sound velocity, density, and related properties along a transect across the Bay of Bengal

Physical properties, sound velocity and density of 95 core samples from ten locations along a transect (parallel to 15°N latitude) across the Bay of Bengal were measured. Results indicate that sound velocities range from 1,482 to 1,679 m/s (av: 1,583 m/s) and densities from 1,338 to 1,757 kg/m 3 (av...

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Main Authors: Krishna, K. S., Gopala Rao, D., Prabhakar S. Murty, G., Ramana, Y. V.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Springer-Verlag 1989
Subjects:
QE Geology
Nares
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://repository.ias.ac.in/18054/
http://www.springerlink.com/content/h6n201705243u278/
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Summary:Physical properties, sound velocity and density of 95 core samples from ten locations along a transect (parallel to 15°N latitude) across the Bay of Bengal were measured. Results indicate that sound velocities range from 1,482 to 1,679 m/s (av: 1,583 m/s) and densities from 1,338 to 1,757 kg/m 3 (av: 1,527 kg/m 3 ). It has been observed that dark colored clays and sandy clays show higher values of sound velocity and density than the average values. A comparative study of the same with that of the sediment cores collected from the Norwegian basin, Mediterranean Sea, and Hatteras, Nares Abyssal plains, western North Atlantic Ocean was done.

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