sonar
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The region contains faults, volcanic structures, rifts, scarps, and active subduction and spreading zones, many located at depths that make detailed sonar mapping extremely difficult.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
The monitoring devices which were believed to have been dropped by the Bear-F plane float on the water and use sonar to detect submarines and other vessels.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The next day, a team from Chile, utilizing radar and sonar sound-detection equipment, confirmed the presence of Gil, still alive, in the sub-basement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
In Wisconsin, a citizen’s petition in 2024 to ban forward-facing sonar throughout the state was included on a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources survey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
It was also in 1967 that side-scan sonar proved indispensable in helping George Bass find what was then the world’s oldest shipwreck off the coast of Uluburun, Turkey.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
Mayer and other scientists argued that emerging technologies, especially multibeam sonars that produce detailed 3D images, offered an unprecedented opportunity to document little known sea floors off the U.S.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 8, 2024
“You use sonars to verify ranges and they might have been testing the sonar or working out the echo strength of the sonar,” the source told The Times.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
Using a variety of sonars and two remotely operated vehicles — Deep Discoverer and Serios — researchers aboard the ship are mapping and collecting samples from areas along the Aleutian Trench and Gulf of Alaska.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
National Marine Fisheries Service that concluded the Navy had "killed at least six whales in an accident involving common ship-based sonars."
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2023
Tom filtered out the difference in the two sounds with the correlation calculator unit of one of his quality analyzer sonars.
From Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung by Brey, Charles
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Earth Science - Middle School
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