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Original Articles

Geotechnical Influence on the Acoustic Properties of Marine Sediments of the Santos Basin, Brazil

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Pages 125-136 | Received 14 Jul 2011, Accepted 15 Feb 2012, Published online: 05 Mar 2013

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