Towards a statistically valid method of textural sea floor characterization of benthic habitats

Marine Geology

Volumn 225, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 209-222

  Orpin, Alan R ^a,b   Kostylev, Vladimir E ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Benthic habitat; Cluster analysis; Grain size; Scotian Shelf; Sea floor; Statistics

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC HABITAT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; SCOTIAN SHELF; SEA FLOOR;

ENTROPY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OCEAN HABITATS; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; SEAFLOOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SHELF;

EID: 29644444217     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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