Seafloor classification of the mound and channel provinces of the Porcupine Seabight: An application of the multibeam angular backscatter data

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-20

  Beyer, Andreas ^a   Chakraborty, Bishwajit ^b   Schenke, Hans Werner ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Angular backscatter; Carbonate mounds; Multibeam sonar; Porcupine Seabight; Seafloor channels

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CHANNEL; DATA PROCESSING; MAP; SEAFLOOR; SONAR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORCUPINE SEABIGHT;

BELGICA; GOLLUM;

EID: 33846039743     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-005-0022-1     Document Type: Article

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