Automated feature extraction and spatial organization of seafloor pockmarks, Belfast Bay, Maine, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 55-64

  Andrews, Brian D ^a   Brothers, Laura L ^b   Barnhardt, Walter A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomorphometry; Marine geology; Methane; Pockmarks

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; HOLOCENE; METHANE; POCKMARK; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

BELFAST BAY; MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957655025     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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