Characterizing Indian Ocean manganese nodule-bearing seafloor using multi-beam angular backscatter

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 8-13

  Chakraborty, Bishwajit ^a   Kodagali, Vijay ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; ECHO SOUNDING; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT;

CENTRAL INDIAN BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 1542534698     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-003-0153-y     Document Type: Article

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