Multibeam bathymetry of glaciated terrain off southwest Newfoundland

Marine Geology

Volumn 143, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 125-135

  Shaw, John ^a   Courtney, Robert C ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backscatter; Glaciation; Multibeam bathymetry; Newfoundland

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031470873     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00093-5     Document Type: Article

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