Buried Waste in the Seabed - Acoustic Imaging and Bio-toxicity: Results from the European SITAR Project Book

Section 1: Methods: 1. Acoustic models for scattering;- 2. The parametric side-scan sonar instrument and synthetic aperture sonar processing;- 3. Multiple Aspect Scattering Measurements;- 4. In situ biotoxicity assessment for nanoinjection technique;- 5. Processing tools for acoustic 3-D images;- 6. Geographical Information Systems for risk assessment of seabed dumping sites; Section 2: Experimental activities: 7. Scaled Multiple-Aspect Scattering Tank Experiments;- 8. Full-scale tank parametric side scan sonar test;- 9. The full-scale sea trial site: environmental background and biological sampling;- 10. Sea trial: organization, planning, instrumentation;- 11. Acoustic imaging: acquisition, processing and quality control; Section 3: Results: 12. Geoacoustic inversion of seabed parameters;- 13. Buried waste localization: the parametric, synthetic aperture, side-scan sonar; 14. Buried waste inspection: acoustical images and inversion from Multiple Aspect Scattering; 15. In situ biotoxicity: results from the nanoinjection technique; 16. 3-D acoustical images analysis and feature extraction; Section 4: Final Evaluation; 17. GIS-based data presentation system;- 18. Biotoxicological method; 19. Acoustical methods