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Airgun inter-pulse noise field during a seismic survey in an Arctic ultra shallow marine environment

2015
Open Access Journal Article

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Guan, Shane, Vignola Joseph, Judge John, and Turo Diego

Offshore oil and gas exploration using seismic airguns generates intense underwater pulses that could cause marine mammal hearing impairment and/or behavioral disturbances. However, few studies have...
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Keywords: Acoustic masking, Arctic, Behavioural disturbance, Hearing impairment, Noise levels, Offshore, Oil and gas, Seafloor phenomena, Seismic airguns, Shallow marine environment

Airborne sound propagatoin over sea during offshore wind farm piling

2013
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Renterghem T. V., Botteldooren, D. and Dekoninck, L.

Offshore piling for wind farm construction has attracted a lot of attention in recent years due to the extremely high noise emission levels associated with such...
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Keywords: Air, Model, Offshore, Pile driving