Assessment of impact on seafloor features in INDEX area

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 237-250

  Sharma, Rahul ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Benthic disturbance; Environmental impact; Photographic and subbottom data; Seafloor features

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMAGING METHOD; SEAFLOOR; TRENCH;

EID: 0033768609     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190009353791     Document Type: Article

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