Acoustic imaging of variable water layer structure in Rockall Trough, NE Atlantic

• Main Author: Sutton, Ciaran
• Other Authors: Jones, Stephen M., Graham, John
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geology 2012
• Subjects: Geology; Ph.D; Ph.D. Trinity College Dublin; Rockall Trough; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2262/78222

A new application of an old technique to study the Earth’s interior is allowing us to see stratification in the ocean, providing a new insight into oceanic structure and mixing processes. The new adaptation of seismic reflection profiling can create detailed pictures of eddies, internal waves, and o...