Detailed seismic imaging of a chemical munition dumpsite in the Bornholm Basin, south-western Baltic

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-94

  Missiaen, Tine ^a   Noppe, Lieselot ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Marine seismic; Munition dumpsite; Object detection

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; ACOUSTIC SOURCES; BALTIC SEA; BURIAL DEPTHS; BURIED OBJECTS; CHEMICAL WEAPONS; DEPTH RANGE; ECHO SOUNDERS; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIAL SEDIMENTS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HOLOCENES; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; NATURAL HAZARD; OBJECT DETECTION; SEA FLOOR; SEISMIC IMAGING; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC; WATER DEPTH;

ACOUSTICS; AMMUNITION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHY; OBJECT RECOGNITION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY; STRATIGRAPHY; SURVEYS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CHEMICAL WEAPON; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; IMAGING METHOD; LATE GLACIAL; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE FACILITY; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BORNHOLM BASIN;

EID: 77954075305     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0171-9     Document Type: Article

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