Seafloor ripples created by waves from hurricane Ivan on the West Florida Shelf

Recent studies have shown that the presence of sand ripples on the seabed improves sonar detection of buried mines at sub-critical angles. Sidescan sonar data of ripples off on the west Florida shelf were collected as part of ONR's Ripples Departmental Research Initiative (DRI) September 26-29t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bowers, Colleen Marie.
Other Authors: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Format: Others
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/2336