Title The handbook of sidescan sonar
Author Blondel, P.
Author Affil Blondel, P., University of Bath, Department of Physics, Bath, United Kingdom
Source 316p. . Publisher: Praxis Publishing, Chichester, United KingdomęSpringer. ISBN: 978-3-540-42641-7
Publication Date 2009
Notes In English. 640 refs. Ant. Acc. No: 88398. GeoRef Acc. No: 300018
Index Terms acoustic measurement; computer applications; ice; ice cover; ocean bottom; polar regions; structures; Arctic Ocean; polar regions; Southern Ocean; abyssal plains; acoustical methods; applications; archaeology; bathymetry; continental margin; data processing; geophysical methods; marine methods; methods; ocean floors; plate tectonics; sea ice; shallow-water environment; sonar methods; world ocean
Abstract A comprehensive overview of sidescan sonar applications. Chapters include: acoustic signals and data acquisition; imagery and bathymetry; sidescan sonar data processing; spreading and subduction; abyssal basin and the polar seas; continental margins; shallow- water environments; man-made structures; anomalies and artifacts; and computer- assisted interpretation. (mte)
Publication Type monograph
Record ID 64004647