Coherent marine seismoacoustics: New approaches to reconstructing bottom layer structures in shelf water areas

Abstract

Results from the theoretical development and experimental study of the coherent seismoacoustic sounding of the sea floor under natural conditions are discussed. Ways of solving the inverse problem of estimating the geoacoustic parameters of the bottom layer by layer are proposed, and their effectiveness and robustness are analyzed numerically. Practical means of seismoacoustic profiling and reconstructing the parameters of individual layers at the sea floors of the shallow water areas using coherent hydroacoustic radiating elements of original design are demonstrated.