Setting up the Experiment (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

Setting up the Experiment

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To study the rock layers below the seabed, researcher Jamie Austin of University of Texas at Austin and vessel crew deploy a sound source (airguns) and a listening cable ‘streamer’ to record the sound waves as they are reflected back towards the surface.

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Science Party of SO-198-2

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