@article {4958,
	title = {Geological interpretation of a low-backscatter anomaly found on the New Jersey continental margin},
	volume = {326-328},
	year = {2012},
	month = {24-08-2012},
	pages = {46-54},
	publisher = {Elsevier},
	abstract = {<p>An enigmatic low-backscatter, acoustic anomaly occurs on the New Jersey continental margin between Hudson and Wilmington Canyon channels. The presence of the low-backscatter anomaly, as seen with 6.5- and 12-kHz data, indicates a change in the physical properties of the seafloor or near sub-surface. Analyses of seafloor and sub-surface acoustic data with previously collected sediment cores suggest the low-backscatter feature corresponds to an outcrop of older strata uncovered by erosion and non-deposition by the Western Boundary Undercurrent (WBUC). The decrease in backscatter strength is enhanced by the presence of gas in the sub-surface sediments found in the buried Chesapeake Drift.\&nbsp;</p>
},
	keywords = {Chesapeake Drift, continental slope, multibeam backscatter, submarine canyons, U.S. mid-Atlantic continental margin, Western Boundary Undercurrent},
	author = {Sweeney, Ed and James V. Gardner and Johnson, Joel and Larry A Mayer}
}
