Objective classification of oceanic ridge-crest terrains using two-dimensional spectral models of bathymetry: Application to the Juan de Fuca Ridge

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 707-728

  Fox, Christopher G ^a  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering; Geomorphology; Juan de Fuca Ridge; Roughness; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; MID OCEAN RIDGE; SEA FLOOR MORPHOLOGY; SEABEAM; SEAFLOOR;

PACIFIC, JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE;

EID: 0030441974     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00313882     Document Type: Article

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