Effects of sea states on seafloor compliance studies

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-107

  Wang, Jui Hsien ^a,b   Chi, Wu Cheng ^a   Edwards, R Nigel ^c   Willoughby, Eleanor C ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coherence; Gas hydrate; Sea state; Seafloor compliance

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; ELASTIC MODULI; GAS HYDRATES; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR WAVES; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURES; ELASTIC PARAMETERS; PILOT EXPERIMENT; SEA FLOOR; SEA STATE; SEAFLOOR DEFORMATION; SHALLOW WATER DEPTHS; SURFACE GRAVITY WAVES;

SHEAR FLOW;

GAS HYDRATE; MAGMA CHAMBER; MARINE SEDIMENT; PARTIAL MELTING; S-WAVE; SEA STATE; SEAFLOOR; SHEAR MODULUS; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 78049288971     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-010-9091-z     Document Type: Article

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