Water column seismic images as maps of temperature gradient

Oceanography

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 192-205

  Ruddick, By Barry ^a   Song, Haibin ^b   Dong, Chongzhi ^b   Pinheiro, Luis ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

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EID: 78649254041     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2009.19     Document Type: Article

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