Fig.
1. Colours of the seafloor offshore of San Francisco (USA),rendered
according to hue in 2.5 Munsell intervals. Note the pattern in arrangement
of hues: the peanut patch; progression offshore S of Pt Arena from inshore
greys to greens then to olive and olive-brown.The information is based
on deck descriptions as Munsell Codes and word-based colour descriptions.
dbSEABED
produces similar maps for many variables, including seafloor textures,
rock and weed coverage, graintype and feature facies, physical properties,
and then can create griddings for input into a more derivative stage of
models, etc.
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