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Sonar used to map ocean floors can penetrate polluted and turbid waters

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SUPPORTED

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Sonar is well-suited for mapping ocean and inland floor bathymetry because acoustic waves penetrate turbid and polluted waters where optical methods fail.

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Technical note: Bathymetry observations of inland water bodies using a tethered single-beam sonar controlled by an unmanned aerial vehicle

2018 · cited by 83

Paper [0] notes that sonar observations measure bathymetry without being significantly affected by water turbidity.

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Shallow water benthic imaging and substrate characterization using recreational-grade sidescan-sonar

2017 · cited by 67

Paper [1] describes procedures for identifying the bed-water interface using sonar precisely because the water is too turbid or turbulent for reliable optical echosounding.

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first checked31 Jul 2026

judged → SUPPORTED · 8731 Jul 2026

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