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An automated technique for the accurate positioning of sediment core sites and the bathymetric mapping of lake basins

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Paleolimnology

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology ((DIHY,volume 15))

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Automated techniques for sediment core site positioning, hydrographic survey, and contour mapping are described. The computer contouring system can be extended to calculate values for morphometric variables such as maximum length (1max), maximum width (wmax), lake perimeter (10), lake area (A) and lake volume (V). The techniques are exemplified using results from Augher Lough, Northern Ireland.

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  1. University College London, 26 Bedford Way, London, WCIH OAP, England

    Richard W. Battarbee, Colin Titcombe & John Anderson

  2. Donnelly, Connolly & Poots, Engineers and Surveyors, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Road, Dublin 2, Ireland

    Karl Donnelly

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  1. Richard W. Battarbee
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J. Meriläinen P. Huttunen R. W. Battarbee

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Battarbee, R.W., Titcombe, C., Donnelly, K., Anderson, J. (1983). An automated technique for the accurate positioning of sediment core sites and the bathymetric mapping of lake basins. In: Meriläinen, J., Huttunen, P., Battarbee, R.W. (eds) Paleolimnology. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7290-2_11

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