Acoustic backscatter of the 1995 flood deposit on the Eel shelf

Marine Geology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 197-210

  Borgeld, Jeffry C ^a   Hughes Clarke, John E ^b   Goff, John A ^c   Mayer, Larry A ^b   Curtis, Jennifer A ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic backscatter; Eel River; Flood layer; Lenticular bedding; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BACKSCATTER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FLOOD; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344609228     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00113-3     Document Type: Article

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