A photographic and acoustic transect across two deep-water seafloor mounds, Mississippi Canyon, northern Gulf of Mexico

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 969-976

  Hart, Patrick E ^a   Hutchinson, Deborah R ^b   Gardner, Joan ^c   Carney, Robert S ^d   Fornari, Dan ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemosynthetic communities; Gas hydrate; Multibeam bathymetry; Near bottom photography; Seafloor mounds; Side scan sonar

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSYNTHETIC COMMUNITIES; GAS HYDRATE; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; NEAR-BOTTOM PHOTOGRAPHY; SEAFLOOR MOUNDS; SIDE-SCAN SONAR;

BATHYMETRY; HYDRATION; METHANE; PHOTOGRAPHY; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

GAS HYDRATES;

ACOUSTIC DATA; BATHYMETRY; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; DEEP WATER FORMATION; GAS HYDRATE; MICROBIAL MAT; MUDFLOW; MULTIBEAM SONAR; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEAFLOOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI CANYON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 53349179616     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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