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Title: Sediment sound velocities from sonobuoys: Arabian fan

Journal Article · · J. Geophys. Res.; (United States)

Eight variable-angle seismic reflection stations in the Arabian Fan, Northwestern Indian Ocean, provided 40 determinations of sound velocity in sediment and sedimentary rock. Sound velocity in the homogeneous, largely terrigenous fan increases smoothly with depth. Regression analysis yielded the velocity-time relationship V (km/s)=1.510+1.863t, where V is instantaneous velocity and t is one-way travel time below the sea floor to 1 s. The velocity-depth function is V (km/s)=1.510+1.200h-0.253h/sup 2/+ 0.034h/sup 3/, where h is subbottom depth in km.

Research Organization:
Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, California 92152
OSTI ID:
5462299
Journal Information:
J. Geophys. Res.; (United States), Vol. 85:B2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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