Reflection coefficient calculation from marine high resolution seismic reflection (chirp) data and application to an archaeological case study

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Bull, Jonathan M ^a   Quinn, Rory ^a,b   Dix, Justin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeological case study; Chirp profilers; High resolution images

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

EID: 0032433334     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004373106696     Document Type: Article

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