High-resolution side-scan sonar mapping of reef-like mounds and sediment texture variations on the Mississippi-Alabama outer continental shelf /

Numerous reef-like carbonate mounds are found along the outer continental shelf of Mississippi and Alabama. They are believed to be relict reefs which formed at a time of lower sea-level during the last ice age. In an effort to classify the mounds based on morphology, and to examine the nature of...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	O'Donnell, Gwen Alexandra
Format:	Thesis eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 2001.
Subjects:	Major oceanography.
Online Access:	Link to OAKTrust copy