The continental margin off east Tasmania and Gippsland: Structure and development using new multibeam sonar data

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 410-419

  Hill, P J ^a   Exon, N F ^a   Keene, J B ^b   Smith, S M ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bass Canyon; Bathymetry; Continental margin; East Tasmania; Geological structure; Gippsland Basin; Multibeam sonar; Seafloor imagery; Seismic profiles; Sidescan; Volcanics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009423194     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG998410     Document Type: Article

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