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This paper deals with an inverse acoustics problem in the ocean. The problem we investigate is the location of a non-homogeneity caused by a sea-mount or some object lying on a slopping seabed. This problem is solved by constructing an acoustic Green’s function for the wedge. This is done by using the method of images. The inversion procedure is motivated by our earlier work on the seamount problem for a shallow ocean of uniform depth [17].
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Gilbert, R.P., Ou, M., Xu, Y.S. (2001). The Seamount on a Sloping Seabed Problem. In: Vajravelu, K. (eds) Differential Equations and Nonlinear Mechanics. Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 528. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0277-3_9
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