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INVESTIGATION A CASE HISTORY OF YELLOW FIN AND DIFFERENTIATION OF SAND AND GRAVEL ON SEAFLOOR BY SIDE SCAN SONAR IMAGES
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In this article we investigated a practical case history to define and show the differences of sand and gravel in side scan sonar images. The images were obtained by the Yellow- Fin side scan sonar instrument and processed with related software. The sound transmitted by the DSL-120 kHz instrument travels to the seafloor, bounces off of the seafloor, returns to the instrument, and is recorded. The strength of the sound recorded by the side-scan sonar instrument converted to shades of gray. A very strong return is white; a very weak return is black. The return is stronger if the seafloor is made of bare rock. The strength of the return is much lower if the seafloor is covered by mud or sand. In this case history the gravels and sands were differentiated as well, the bathymetric map of the part of the seabed which scanned was also obtained.
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