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| Guillon, Laurent; Lurton, Xavier. |
| Signals received by low-frequency multibeam echosounders are strongly affected by sound penetration inside the upper sediment layers and by backscattering from buried layers down to depths of a few meters; this may lead to serious ambiguities and misinterpretations of experimental data. These phenomena are modeled here using a concept of equivalent input backscattering strength (EIBS), based on a combination of classical models of local backscattering strength and propagation inside fluid layered media. The local backscattering strength at a buried interface is expressed first to account for the impedance adaptation due to the overlying layers, for the angular refraction effects due to the velocity profile, and for the layered structure of the underlying... |
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Palavras-chave: Sound propagation; Sediment structure; Multibeam sonar; Echosounding; Backscatter; Acoustic properties; Sediment properties. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2001/publication-729.pdf |
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| Lecoulant, Jean; Guennou, Claude; Guillon, Laurent; Royer, Jean-yves. |
| The low-frequency (4-40 Hz) acoustic waves generated by undersea earthquakes are of great importance to monitor the low-level seismic activity associated with seafloor spreading ridges. To better understand the near-source interaction of seismic waves with the seafloor and the resulting generation of low-frequency acoustic waves, the wave propagation in a solid medium (the Earth's crust) and in the overlaying fluid medium (the ocean) were jointly simulated using a three-dimensional (3D) spectral finite-element code (SPECFEM3D). Due to numerical limitations of 3D simulations, the focus was on simple model configurations with a 1 Hz source located below a Gaussian seamount or ridge. The simulated acoustic waves (0-2.5 Hz) propagate as Rayleigh modes and are... |
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| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00637/74914/75768.pdf |
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