Side-scan sonar imaging of hydrocarbon seeps on the Louisiana continental slope

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 725-746

  Sager, William W ^a   MacDonald, Ian R ^b   Hou, Rusheng ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS; SONAR; WATER;

SONAR IMAGING; WATER DEPTH;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; HYDROCARBON SEEP; SIDESCAN SONAR; SUBMARINE FEATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA SLOPE;

EID: 3042686511     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/01260404004     Document Type: Article

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