Anomalous waveforms observed in laboratory-formed gas hydrate-bearing and ice-bearing sediments.
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ABSTRACT: Acoustic transmission measurements of compressional, P, and shear, S, wave velocities rely on correctly identifying the P- and S-body wave arrivals in the measured waveform. In cylindrical samples for which the sample is much longer than the acoustic wavelength, these body waves can be obscured by high-amplitude waveform features arriving just after the relatively small-amplitude P-body wave. In this study, a normal mode approach is used to analyze this type of waveform, observed in sediment containing gas hydrate or ice. This analysis extends an existing normal-mode waveform propagation theory by including the effects of the confining medium surrounding the sample, and provides guidelines for estimating S-wave velocities from waveforms containing multiple large-amplitude arrivals.
SUBMITTER: Lee MW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3195332 | biostudies-other | 2011 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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