Backscatter responses and resolution considerations in archaeological side-scan sonar surveys: A control experiment

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1252-1264

  Quinn, Rory ^a,d   Dean, Martin ^b   Lawrence, Mark ^b   Liscoe, Steve ^b   Boland, Donal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c Boland Archaeological Services   (Ireland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Control experiment; Shipwreck; Side scan sonar; Underwater archaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BACKSCATTER; SONAR;

EID: 20544446835     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.03.010     Document Type: Article

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