Fractal characterisation of 30 kHz echoes from southern Baltic bottom

The fractal dimension of 30 kHz echo envelope is used for characterise the bottom sediment type in Southern Baltic Sea. Two methods of the echo waveform fractal dimension calculation were applied: the autocorrelation function log-log slope method and the power spectrum log-log slope method. The results are presented and compared. They show that fractal dimension of echo envelope describes well the bottom sediments morphology and may be used as a significant descriptor in the remote sea bed classification procedures.