Shallow-water imaging multibeam sonars: A new tool for investigating seafloor processes in the coastal zone and on the continental shelf

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 607-629

  Hughes Clarke, John E ^a   Mayer, Larry A ^a   Wells, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multibeam; Seabed backscatter; Sediment classification

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MARINE SEDIMENT; MULTIBEAM SONAR; SEA FLOOR MORPHOLOGY; SEAFLOOR;

EID: 0030434225     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00313877     Document Type: Article

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