Inhomogeneous substrate analysis using EM300 backscatter imagery

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 311-327

  Le Gonidec, Yves ^a,b   Lamarche, Geoffroy ^a   Wright, Ian C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Backscatter; Cook Strait; EM300; Multibeam; Reflectivity; Seafloor characterization; Substrate

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BATHYMETRY; CHARACTERIZATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUBSTRATES;

MULTIBEAM ECHO-SOUNDER; SEAFLOOR CHARACTERIZATION; SEAFLOOR SUBSTRATES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BACKSCATTER; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEAFLOOR;

EID: 23944460350     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-004-1945-9     Document Type: Article

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