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

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1997-01-01

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Okyar, M
Ediger, V

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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.

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Northeastern Mediterranean-Sea, Anamur, Marmara, Circulation, Strait, Bosporus, Shelf, Upper Slope, Seismic Stratigraphy, Eastern Mersin bay

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/64468

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OCEANOLOGICA ACTA

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M. Okyar and V. Ediger, “Sea-floor sediments and bedforms around Turkey, revealed by side-scan sonar imagery,” OCEANOLOGICA ACTA, pp. 673–685, 1997, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/64468.