Assessment of Electrical Resistivity Anomalies Caused by Freshwater Discharge Across the Continental Shelf: Seeps Off North Carolina

Abstract

To determine the impact that fresh water discharge across the continental shelf has on the electrical resistivity structure of bottom sediments and, by so doing, to use electrical measurements to constrain the regional hydrology and the exchange of continentally derived groundwater with the ocean. The strength and spatial distribution of resistivity anomalies caused by fresh water will be used to assess the likelihood of false target identification in mine counter measures, and the degree to which bottom conditions might be misclassified.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 11, 2003
Accession Number
ADA411998

Entities

People

  • Robert L. Evans

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Cape Hatteras
  • Continental Shelves
  • Continents
  • Data Sets
  • Electrical Measurement
  • False Targets
  • Fresh Water
  • Groundwater
  • High Resolution
  • Hydrology
  • Measurement
  • North America
  • North Carolina
  • Regions
  • Spatial Distribution
  • Water

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.