Marine facies mapping using multibeam backscatter

Special Paper - Geological Association of Canada

Volumn , Issue 47, 2007, Pages 81-92

  Christensen, Ole ^a,c   Longva, Oddvar ^a   Thorsnes, Terje ^a   Karlsen, Arnfinn ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^c EMGS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; BACKSCATTER; BATHYMETRY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INTERPRETATION; FACIES; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MAPPING; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; MULTIBEAM SONAR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 48049111830     PISSN: 00721042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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