Process-related classification of acoustic data from the Hudson River Estuary

Marine Geology

Volumn 209, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 131-145

  Nitsche, Frank O ^a   Bell, Robin ^a   Carbotte, Suzanne M ^a   Ryan, William B F ^a   Flood, Roger ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hudson River; sediment processes; sedimentary environment; sidescan sonar; sub bottom profiling

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEYING; GRAIN SIZE COMPOSITION;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; BACKSCATTERING; ESTUARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER WAVES;

RIVERS;

ACOUSTIC DATA; CLASSIFICATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT;

HUDSON ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344576884     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.05.023     Document Type: Article

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