Stochastic Analysis of Abyssal Hill Morphology Adjacent to the East Pacific Rise Between 7 Degrees 40' South and 9 Degrees 20' South

这是一个统计研究深海丘陵形态 东太平洋海隆在7.7到9.3S。两天的航行时间 将加入一次巡航， 以及沿洋脊以西沿着流线的次水深数据 轴线将对数据进行分析以研究相关性 深海丘陵特征的变化与 形态变化和相关的地球物理过程。 主要研究者已经生成了一个二维 海底特征描述模型和估计方法 多波束测深数据的模型参数。模型 参数提供了有关以下方面的定量物理信息： 深海丘陵，描述其均方根高度，特征 宽度和长度，长宽比，线理的大小，以及 分形高度、维数。

This is a statistical study of abyssal hill morphology on the East Pacific Rise at 7.7 to 9.3S. Two days of ship time will be added to a cruise to gather abyssal hill bathymetric and sub-bathymetric data along flow lines west of the ridge axis. The data will be analyzed to investigate correlations between the variation in abyssal hill characteristics and the variation in morphology and associated geophysical processes. The Principal Investigator has generated a two-dimensional model for seafloor characterization and a method for estimating model parameters from multibeam bathymetric data. The model parameters provide quantitative physical information regarding abyssal hills, describing their rms height, characteristic width and length, aspect ratio.asimuth of lineation, and fractral height, dimension.