Converting near-bottom OBS measurements into suspended sediment concentrations

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 154-161

  Xu, J P ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL BACKSCATTER SENSOR; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SENSORS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

EID: 0030780218     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003670050021     Document Type: Article

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