A 3D seismic study of the morphology and spatial distribution of buried coral banks in the Porcupine Basin, SW of Ireland

Marine Geology

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 5-25

  Huvenne, V A I ^a   De Mol, B ^a   Henriet, J P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3D seismics; Coral banks; Mounds; Porcupine Basin; Tophat transformation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMOLOGY; STATISTICS;

CORAL BANKS;

OCEAN HABITATS;

BURIED STRUCTURE; COLD WATER; CORAL REEF; DEEP SEA; MAGELLAN MOUND; MUD MOUND; SEISMIC SURVEY; SUBMARINE FEATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORCUPINE BASIN;

EID: 0037600630     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00092-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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