Computer-aided interpretation of side-looking sonar images from the eastern intersection of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge with the Kane Transform

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 20997-21014

  Gao, Dengliang ^a   Hurst, Stephen D ^b   Karson, Jeffrey A ^c   Delaney, John R ^d   Spiess, Fred N ^e  

^a MARATHON OIL COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC CRUST; SONAR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0032505280     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00165     Document Type: Article

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