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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

Boomer A marine seismic source in which capacitor plates are highly charged and then allowed to discharge via a transducer in the water. Eddy currents induced in the transducer plates force the plates apart, thus producing a low-pressure region between the plates. Water implodes into this region, generating a pressure wave. The Boomer (the name is a commercial trademark) is used in high-frequency marine surveys as a low-energy (less than 1 kJ), high-resolution seismic source. The term ‘boomer’ is also used colloquially to describe a high-amplitude, low-frequency reflection event associated with a large and distinctive reflector.

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boomer

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

boomer •dormer, former, korma, Norma, performer, pro-forma, stormer, transformer, trauma, warmer •sixth-former • barnstormer •aroma, carcinoma, chroma, coma, comber, diploma, glaucoma, Homer, lymphoma, melanoma, misnomer, Oklahoma, Omagh, roamer, Roma, romer, sarcoma, soma •beachcomber •bloomer, boomer, consumer, Duma, humour (US humor), Nkrumah, perfumer, puma, roomer, rumour (US rumor), satsuma, stumer, Sumer, tumour (US tumor) •zeugma • fulmar •bummer, comer, drummer, hummer, midsummer, mummer, plumber, rummer, strummer, summa, summer •latecomer • newcomer • agama •welcomer •astronomer, monomer •ashrama • isomer • gossamer •customer •affirmer, Burma, derma, Irma, murmur, squirmer, terra firma, wormer

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