Seabed characterization through a range of high-resolution acoustic systems - A case study offshore Oman

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-180

  Szuman, Magdalena ^a,b   Berndt, Christian ^a   Jacobs, Colin ^a   Best, Angus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3.5 kHz sediment profiler; Acoustic characterization; Backscatter; Bioturbation; Deep tow CHIRP; EM12 multibeam; Oman

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; BACKSCATTERING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

BIOTURBATION; HIGH-RESOLUTION ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS; OMAN; SEABED;

UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

BACKSCATTER; BIOTURBATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LITHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

EID: 33845258266     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-005-5999-0     Document Type: Article

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