Seabed mapping and seafloor processes in the Kish, Burford, Bray and Fraser Banks area, south-western Irish Sea

Irish Geography

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 194-211

  Wheeler, Andrew J ^a   Walshe, Jim ^b   Sutton, Gerry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Irish Hydrodata Ltd   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acoustic facies; Geophysical; Offshore banks; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; FACIES; MAPPING; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

IRISH SEA;

EID: 0036203737     PISSN: 00750778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00750770109555787     Document Type: Article

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