Fault scarp identification in side-scan sonar and bathymetry images from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge using wavelet-based digital filters

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 741-755

  Little, Sarah A ^a   Smith, Deborah K ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Faults; Filters; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Sea beam; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DIGITAL FILTER; FAULT SCARP; SIDESCAN SONAR;

ATLANTIC, MID ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0030436479     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00313884     Document Type: Article

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