7474 (v.5) Marine Acoustics 103
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| Area: | Department of Applied Physics |
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| Credits: | 12.5 |
| Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
| Lecture: | 2 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Syllabus: | Basic concepts of sound propagation. Field trip - Canning River: noise measurements, tone source measurements using different tone frequencies, towing experiment to observe the variations of sound level with changing distance between the source and receivers. Device for generating and receiving sound in water. Noise in the ocean. Ray acoustics and principles of refraction. Deep water propagation. Wave acoustics. Shallow water acoustics. Bioacoustics: sound production and reception and use of sound by marine animals. Impact of anthropogenic noise on marine animals. Applications to environmental assessment and marine resource estimation. Defence applications of marine acoustics. Commercial applications of underwater acoustics. |
| Field of Education: | 010700 Earth Sciences (Narrow Grouping) |
| SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Essential *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
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| 2011 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | Y | |||
| 2011 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y |
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Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
