Sea-floor sediments and bedforms around Turkey, revealed by side-scan sonar imagery


Okyar M., Ediger V.

OCEANOLOGICA ACTA, vol.20, no.5, pp.673-685, 1997 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 20 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 1997
  • Journal Name: OCEANOLOGICA ACTA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.673-685
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The use of side-scan sonar imagery to construct facies and bedform maps of an area of sea floor has been known for some considerable time. Such maps reveal the type of sediments and bottom morphology, allowing sedimentologists to infer the sedimentation processes.