Using CSEM techniques to map the shallow section of seafloor: From the coastline to the edges of the continental slope

Geophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Evans, Rob L ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Geomagnetism; Groundwater; Seafloor phenomena; Sediments; Terrestrial electricity

Indexed keywords

GAS HYDRATES; GEOMAGNETISM; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GROUNDWATER; MAPPING; SEDIMENTS;

ELECTRICAL METHODS; SEAFLOOR RESISTIVITY;

BATHYMETRY;

BATHYMETRY; COAST; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GAS HYDRATE; GEOMAGNETISM; GROUNDWATER; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 33947131805     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2434798     Document Type: Article

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