Grain-size distribution and subsurface mapping at the Setiu wetlands, Setiu, Terengganu

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 975-984

  Yaacob, Rosnan ^a   Mustapa, Mohd Zaini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Coastal area; Grain size distribution; Lagoon area; Sub bottom profiling

Indexed keywords

COARSE TO FINE; COASTAL AREA; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHER-DEGREE; MAIN REFLECTORS; MARINE RESOURCES; MEAN SIZE; SEA BOTTOM; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEISMIC RECORDS; SEISMIC REFLECTORS; STANDARD METHOD; STRONG WAVES; STUDY AREAS; SUB-SURFACE MAPPING; SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

COASTAL ZONES; LAKES; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WETLANDS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL ZONE; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GRAIN SIZE; MAPPING METHOD; RESOLUTION; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SONAR; STATISTICAL CONCEPT; WETLAND;

MALAYSIA; SETIU; TERENGGANU; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 77954047291     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0236-9     Document Type: Article

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