Offshore seismic reflection data: an oceanographic perspective

• Main Authors: Petronio, L, Lipizer, M, Santis, LD, Rintoul, SR, Wardell, N
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale 2010
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; East Antarctica; Southern Ocean; Wega; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://ecite.utas.edu.au/73337

Recent studies have demonstrated that offshore seismic reflection data can be used to detect boundaries in the water column. This novel approach, called "seismic oceanography", has produced clear pictures of water mass interfaces (i.e., thermoclines, internal waves, fronts, eddies) in diff...