Acoustic backscatter and sediment textural properties of inner shelf sands, northeastern Gulf of Mexico

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-278

  Davis, Kenneth S ^a   Slowey, Niall C ^a   Stender, Ingo H ^b   Fiedler, Hannelore ^b   Bryant, William R ^a   Fechner, Gunther ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Forschungsanstalt der Bundeswehr fur Wasserschall und Geophysik FWG   (Germany)

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EID: 0141847491     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01204520     Document Type: Article

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