Accession Number:

ADA278142

Title:

Quantitative Modeling of Bottom Morphology and Subbottom Properties.

Descriptive Note:

Final technical rept. Nov 89-May 93,

Corporate Author:

MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE DEPT OF EARTH ATMOSPHERIC AND PLANETARYSCIENCES

Personal Author(s):

• Jordan, Thomas H.

Report Date:

1993-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

91.0

Abstract:

The objectives of this research were threefold 1 To provide the methodology needed to quantify the two-dimensional variations in bottom topography and three-dimensional variations in subbottom properties observed within the ARSRP Central Atlantic study area 2 To apply this methodology to geological data sets collected in the study area and 3 To use the resulting geological models to understand the bottom reverberations observed at long ranges across the study area and other parts of the deep ocean.

Descriptors:

• *OCEAN BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY
• FRACTALS
• GEOLOGY
• BATHYMETRY
• SEDIMENTS
• DEEP OCEANS
• ACOUSTICS
• MAPPING
• REVERBERATION

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Acoustics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE