A towed marine gravity meter for near-bottom surveys

Geophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1386-1393

  Zumberge, Mark A ^a   Ridgway, Jeff R ^a   Hildebrand, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; GRAVITATION; OCEANOGRAPHIC SUBMARINES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

GRAVITY MEASUREMENT; MARINE GRAVITY;

GRAVIMETERS;

DEEP SEA; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; GRAVITY METERS; TOWED METER;

EID: 0031225060     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444243     Document Type: Article

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