Mapping seabed sediments: Comparison of manual, geostatistical, object-based image analysis and machine learning approaches

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 107-119

  Diesing, Markus ^a   Green, Sophie L ^b   Stephens, David ^a   Lark, R Murray ^b   Stewart, Heather A ^b   Dove, Dayton ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic; Habitat; Mapping; Marine; North Sea; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; CLASSIFICATION; DATA SET; GEOSTATISTICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MACHINERY; MAPPING METHOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84902588269     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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