Shallow gas in the central part of the Korea Strait shelf mud off the southeastern coast of Korea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 2036-2052

  Lee, Gwang H ^a   Kim, Dae C ^a   Kim, Han J ^b   Jou, Hyeong T ^b   Lee, Young J ^c  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acoustic blanking; Acoustic turbidity; Shallow gas; Velocity pull down

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; TURBIDITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA STRAIT; WORLD;

EID: 26244434547     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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