Multibeam sonar backscatter lineaments and anthropogenic organic components in lacustrine silty clay, evidence of shipping in western Lake Ontario

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 307-324

  Lewis, C F M ^a   Mayer, L A ^b   Mukhopadhyay, P K ^c   Kruge, M A ^d   Coakley, J P ^e   Smith, M D ^f  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c Global Energy Research   (Canada)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f Marine Museum of the Great Lakes   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic backscatter; Lake Ontario; Multibeam sonar mapping; Neotectonics; Sediment organic components; Seismic hazard; Shipping

Indexed keywords

MULTIBEAM SONAR MAPPING;

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SONAR; TECTONICS;

CLAY;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BACKSCATTER; LINEAMENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SHIPPING; SONAR;

CANADA;

EID: 0034120457     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(99)00065-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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