Radar imaging of sand waves on the continental shelf east of Cape Hatteras, NC, U.S.A.

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 989-1004

  Donato, Timothy F ^a   Askari, Farid ^a   Marmorino, George O ^a   Trump, Clifford L ^a   Lyzenga, D R ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC EFFECTS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; RADAR IMAGERY; SAND WAVE; SAND WAVES;

ATLANTIC, CAPE HATTERAS SHELF;

EID: 0030847226     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(97)00001-0     Document Type: Article

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