Sidescan backscatter variations of cold seeps on the Hikurangi Margin (New Zealand): Indications for different stages in seep development

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 169-184

  Dumke, Ines ^a   Klaucke, Ingo ^a   Berndt, Christian ^a   Bialas, Jörg ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; MORPHOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER; BACKSCATTER INTENSITY; DIFFERENT STAGES; INTENSITY PATTERNS; NEW ZEALAND; SEABED MORPHOLOGY; SIDESCAN BACKSCATTER; SIDESCAN SONAR IMAGES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BACKSCATTER; CARBONATE; COLD SEEP; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAUNA; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEAFLOOR; SIDESCAN SONAR;

HIKURANGI MARGIN; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84901196740     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-014-0361-7     Document Type: Article

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