Multibeam bathymetry and backscatter imaging of the Canadian continental shelf

Geoscience Canada

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-42

  Courtney, R ^a   Shaw, J ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MULTIBEAM SONAR;

CANADA;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BATHYMETRY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

BACKSCATTER IMAGING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

EID: 0034162992     PISSN: 03150941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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