Geomorphological signatures: classification of aggregated slope unit objects from digital elevation and remote sensing data

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 581-594

  Giles, Philip T ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DTM; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SLOPE PROFILE;

EID: 0031730465     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199807)23:7<581::AID-ESP863>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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