RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Attenuation of Low-Frequency Sound in Freshwater
JF Science
JO Science
FD American Association for the Advancement of Science
SP 1120
OP 1121
DO 10.1126/science.162.3858.1120
VO 162
IS 3858
A1 Browning, David G.
A1 Jones, Everett N.
A1 Mellen, Robert H.
A1 Thorp, William H.
YR 1968
UL http://science.sciencemag.org/content/162/3858/1120.abstract
AB Lake Superior was chosen as an experimental site to compare sound absorption of freshwater with the results of absorption measurements in seawater. The relaxation-like absorption at 1 kilohertz occurring in seawater is also present in freshwater. A relaxation related to the structural characteristics rather than to the salt content of water may be responsible for the anomalous absorption.