Buried Waste in the Seabed - Acoustic Imaging and Bio-toxicity : Results from the European SITAR Project - Blondel, Philippe; Caiti, Andrea; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2007)
The SITAR Project: background, goals, project structure -- The SITAR Project: background, goals, project structure -- Methods -- The parametric side-scan sonar instrument and synthetic aperture sonar processing -- Multiple-aspect scattering (MAS) measurements -- Acoustic models for scattering -- Biotoxicity measurements: the nanoinjection technique -- Processing tools for acoustic 3D images -- Geographic Information Systems for risk assessment of seabed dumping sites -- Experimental activities -- Scaled multiple-aspect scattering tank experiments -- Full-scale tank parametric side-scan sonar test -- The sea trial site in Möja Söderfjärd: biological sampling -- Acoustic sea trial in the Müja Süderfjärd dumpsite -- Results -- Geoacoustic inversion -- Buried waste localization: the parametric, synthetic aperture, side-scan sonar -- Buried waste inspection: acoustical images and inversion from multiple-aspect scattering -- Results of the biotoxicity measurements -- 3D acoustical image analysis and feature extraction -- Evaluation -- GIS-based data presentation system -- Biotoxicological methods -- Acoustical methods -- Conclusions -- Conclusions.
Keywords: Geotechnical engineering; Geobiology; Hydrogeology; Oceanography; Remote sensing; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Biogeosciences; Hydrogeology; Oceanography; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.