Interdisciplinary ocean process studies on the New England shelf

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C5, 2001, Pages 9427-9434

  Dickey, T D ^a   Williams III, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034940619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc900155     Document Type: Article

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