Broadband Seismic Data used for Seafloor Sediment Classification

1 January 1978

proceedings article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

https://doi.org/10.1109/oceans.1978.1151089

Abstract

The echo returns from a broadband deep towed seismic system are examined. It is shown to be possible to separate four different sediment types based on two metrics. These are i) the maximum value of the normalized cross-correlation function and ii) the normalized water-sediment interface energy. For the small data base used these two metrics give complete separation of the four sediment types.

Keywords

SEA FLOOR
SEDIMENTS
OCEANS
ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS
SEA MEASUREMENTS
MAGNETIC SEPARATION
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
ACOUSTIC PULSES
PULSE SHAPING METHODS
SHAPE

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