Sidescan sonar images of mud volcanoes from the Mediterranean Ridge: Possible causes of variations in backscatter intensity

Marine Geology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 39-53

  Volgin, Alexander V ^a   Woodside, John M ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER INTENSITY; DIAPIRS; MUD BRECCIA; MUD VOLCANO; MUD VOLCANOES; SEA FLOOR TOPOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES; SIDE SCAN SONAR; SIDESCAN SONAR;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, MEDITERRANEAN RIDGE;

EID: 0030153534     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(95)00152-2     Document Type: Article

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