Topic: Sound of the Sea Using Sound as a Tool

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TopicSound of the Sea Using Sound as a Tool

• Broadcast 5
• February 14, 2001
• Mrs. Joan Linsley

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Underway Geophysics Lab
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Sound as a Tool
Hydrophone Streamers
Airgun
Sound Wave
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Activity
Time 0.7 seconds Velocity 1.4 km/second
VD/T where V velocity D distance T time
Distance
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Downhole Logging Tools
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Guest

• Dr. Flavio Anselmetti
• Co-Chief Scientist
• Geologisches InstitutETH
• Switzerland

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Marion Plateau
Platform
Basement
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Logging Data
Formation Microscanner (FMS) tool provides an
image of the borehole using variations in
electrical resistivity to show fine layers and
structures in the carbonate rocks. Each image
strip shows a different quarter of the borehole
wall.
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