High-frequency near-bottom acoustic reflection signatures of hydrocarbon seeps on the Northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 267-276

  Sager, W W ^a   Lee, C S ^a,c   Macdonald, I R ^a   Schroeder, W W ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c Samsung Engineering Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; HYDROCARBON; OIL SEEP; SEEPAGE;

GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA SLOPE;

EID: 0033394399     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003670050079     Document Type: Article

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