Accession Number:

ADA522178

Title:

Optics, Acoustics, and Stress in a Nearshore Bottom Nepheloid Layer

Descriptive Note:

Research rept.

Corporate Author:

MAINE UNIV AT ORONO SCHOOL OF MARINE SCIENCES

Personal Author(s):

• Boss, Emmauel
• Hill, Paul S.
• Milligan, Timothy G.

Report Date:

2006-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

9.0

Abstract:

The goal of this research is to develop greater understanding of the how the flocculation of fine-grained sediment responds to turbulent stresses and how this packaging of sediment affects optical and acoustical properties in the water column.

Descriptors:

• *FLOCCULATION
• OPTICAL PROPERTIES
• SEDIMENTS
• ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES
• STRESSES
• TURBULENCE

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE