Side-scan sonar along the north wall of the Hess Deep Rift: Processing, texture analysis, and geologic ground truth on an oceanic escarpment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Hurst, Stephen D ^a   Karson, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Image processing; Mid ocean ridge processes; Ocean crust; Sheeted dikes; Side scan sonar

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DIKE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC CRUST; SONAR;

EID: 2542500544     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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