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13.—Sea-floor Sediment Mapping by Sonar Methods
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2011
Synopsis
A system is described which produces true-to-scale sonar maps of the sediment patterns on the seabed of the Continental Shelf waters. Correction is made for the speed of the ship over ground, and the 'drift angle' of the sonar beam during passage from one station to another. Work at sea has been extended to water depths of 250 metres, and the technique has been widely used for cable route surveys.
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- The Sea Floor
- Information
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 72 , Issue 1 , 1972 , pp. 155 - 162
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- Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1972
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