Lava morphology mapping by expert system classification of high-resolution side-scan sonar imagery from the East Pacific Rise, 9°-10°N

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-93

  Meyer, Jason D ^a   White, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; GLCM; Lava morphology; Mid ocean ridge; Pillow basalt; Side scan sonar

Indexed keywords

BASALT; EXPERT SYSTEMS; MAPPING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SONAR; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

EXPERT SYSTEM CLASSIFICATION METHOD; LAVAL MORPHOLOGY;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

EXPERT SYSTEM; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAVA; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MORPHOLOGY; SIDESCAN SONAR; SONAR IMAGERY;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34548228975     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-007-9015-8     Document Type: Article

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