High-resolution mapping of large gas emitting mud volcanoes on the Egyptian continental margin (Nile Deep Sea Fan) by AUV surveys

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 275-290

  Dupré, Stephanie ^a,b   Buffet, G ^b   Mascle, J ^b   Foucher, J P ^a   Gauger, S ^c   Boetius, A ^d   Marfia, C ^a,e  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c Fielax   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

AUV; Backscatter; Bathymetry; Eastern Mediterranean; Mud volcanoes; Nile Deep Sea Fan; Seafloor morphology

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BATHYMETRY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE SONAR; VOLCANOES;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES (AUV); EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; HIGH-RESOLUTION MAPPING; MUD VOLCANOES; MULTIBEAM ECHO SOUNDER; NILE DEEP SEA FANS; SEAFLOOR BATHYMETRY; SEAFLOOR MORPHOLOGIES;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

ACOUSTIC IMAGERY; AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; BACKSCATTER; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ECHO SOUNDER; MUD VOLCANO; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SUBMARINE FAN; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

GORGONACEA;

EID: 64749115162     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-009-9063-3     Document Type: Article

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