Seafloor morphology and acoustic facies of the George V Land shelf

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 8-9, 2003, Pages 1343-1355

  Beaman, Robin J ^a   Harris, Peter T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE ENGINEERING; MORPHOLOGY; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

SEAFLOOR MORPHOLOGY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; SEAFLOOR MAPPING;

ANTARCTICA; GEORGE V LAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0038209671     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(03)00071-7     Document Type: Article

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