Getting to the bottom of it: Tools, techniques, and discoveries of deep ocean geography

Professional Geographer

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 426-439

  Wright, Dawn J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Marine geography; Ocean floor mapping; Sea floor spreading; Underwater vehicles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008185646     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00177     Document Type: Article

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