depth contour

[′depth ‚kän‚tu̇r]

(oceanography)

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This has been initiated by feedback from the port authorities, pilots and mariners using ENCs in these areas, and the desire for the advantage of a more accurate safety depth contour capability.

The Australian hydrographic service--charting Australia, the continent encircled by sea

Caption: Figure 6: The average percentage of sand and silt/clay of all depth contours.

Continental Shelf Sediments of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

These low velocity zones are exactly in the zone of interest, where the time and depth contour maps of the Lower Goru and the B-Sands are interpreted (Fig.

2D seismic reservoir characterization of the Lower Goru Formation, Miano gas field, Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan

At the 5 m depth contour, the minimum number of species was found during two months: in March when water temperature started to rise; and October/November when the temperature started to decline.

Spatio-temporal distribution of soft-bottom epibenthic fauna on the cilician shelf (turkey), mediterranean sea

4a) showed low to moderate relative abundances (0-60 [h.sup.-1]) around the 10 m depth contour, with a tendency towards higher values at the northern extremity of the sampling area (60-120 [h.sup.-1]).

Transport and recruitment of silver-lip pearl oyster larvae on Australia's North West shelf

To determine the abundance of adult giant kelp (length [greater than or equal to] 1 m) and sub-adult giant kelp (length < 1 m, species identifiable), as well as rare algal and invertebrate species, 1-2 50 m band transects were laid out along a depth contour starting at each site marker buoy.

Influence of abiotic factors on the persistence of kelp habitats along the north coast of Santa Monica Bay

Numbers of each sex and the 200 m depth contour are marked on each figure.

NMFS Cooperative Shark Tagging Program, 1962-93: An Atlas of Shark Tag and Recapture Data

A time and depth contour map for both Lokhart and Kohat formations are prepared and new well location is proposed in the Lokhart Limestone ofPaleocene age inside the contour of 1000 m into the roll over structure.

Seismic data interpretation: A case study for delineating the structural trend in Karak Area, Pakistan

The 0-2, 2-5, 5-10,10-20, and 20-30 m depth contour intervals and average depths in those intervals ate multiplied to estimate a volume step function.

Hydroacoustic estimation of fish biomass in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica

Time, Depth contour and 3D surface maps of Kirther Formation have been generated which are further correlated with petrophysical results ofWell PakG2-l.

lntergrated geophysical techniques for structural interpretation and characterization of Eocene Reservoir, Indus offshore, Pakistan

Crappies built nests close to deep water (12-foot depth contour) where sparse short vegetation was present.