Contribution of the multibeam acoustic imagery to the exploration of the sea-bottom: Examples of SOPACMAPS 3 and ZoNéCo 1 cruises

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 459-486

  Augustin, J M ^a   Le Suave, R ^b   Lurton, X ^c   Voisset, M ^b   Dugelay, S ^a   Satra, C ^b  

^a Service Développement de Systèmes Informatiques

^b Département Géosciences Marines

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Backscattering; Multibeam echo sounder; Sedimentology; Sonar image

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGERY; BACKSCATTER; BACKSCATTERING; MARINE GEOPHYSICS; MULTIBEAM ECHO SOUNDER; MULTIBEAM ECHOSOUNDER; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EID: 0030513017     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00286090     Document Type: Article

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