A World Map Of Seabed Sediment Based On 50 Years Of Knowledge

• Main Authors: T. Garlan, I. Gabelotaud, S. Lucas, E. Marchès
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Marine sedimentology; seabed map; sediment classification; World Ocean.; Canada; Conway; Diaz; Indian; New Zealand; Queen Charlotte; Renaud; Rona; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1317074; https://zenodo.org/record/1317074

Production of a global sedimentological seabed map has been initiated in 1995 to provide the necessary tool for searches of aircraft and boats lost at sea, to give sedimentary information for nautical charts, and to provide input data for acoustic propagation modelling. This original approach had al...