Acoustic seabed classification in a coastal environment (outer Weser Estuary, German Bight) - A new approach to monitor dredging and dredge spoil disposal

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1143-1156

  Wienberg, Claudia ^a   Bartholomä, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic seabed classification; Bedforms; Dredge spoil disposal; Dredging; Sidescan sonar; Weser Estuary

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; DREDGING; SIDESCAN SONAR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; WESER ESTUARY; WORLD;

EID: 15944415123     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2004.12.015     Document Type: Article

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