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bathymetry

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bathymetry [bə′thim·ə·trē]
(engineering)
The science of measuring ocean depths in order to determine the sea floor topography.


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2] of multibeam swath bathymetry coverage was obtained over the central and southern Strait of Georgia.
Applied in a pattern across the lake, this sonar bathymetry allowed scientists to draft a 3-D map of the lake bottom.
Facies analysis is necessary because depositional factors and processes, such as bathymetry and water agitation, determine the primary poroperm distribution.
 
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