High resolution bathymetry of the eastern slope of the Porcupine Seabight

Marine Geology

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 27-54

  Beyer, A ^a   Schenke, H W ^a   Klenke, M ^a   Niederjasper, F ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Carbonate mounds; Gollum Channel system; Multibeam; Porcupine Seabight

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DATA PROCESSING; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; MAPPING; SOUNDING APPARATUS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

DEEP SEA CHANNELS;

OCEAN HABITATS;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; MAGELLAN MOUND; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORCUPINE BASIN;

EID: 0037672784     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00093-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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