The use of high-resolution elevation histograms for mapping submerged terraces: Tests from the Eastern Tyrrhenian Sea and the Eastern Atlantic Ocean

Quaternary International

Volumn 232, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 238-249

  Passaro, Salvatore ^a   Ferranti, Luigi ^b   de Alteriis, Giovanni ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c GEOLAB srl Marine Survey   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HISTOGRAM; MAPPING; MORPHOMETRY; TERRACE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 79851512692     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.04.030     Document Type: Article

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