Identifying large-scale erosion and deposition processes from airborne gamma radiometrics and digital elevation models in a weathered landscape

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 535-557

  Pickup, Geoff ^a   Marks, Alan ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Erosion models; Gamma radiometrics; Gradient analysis; Remote sensing; Southeastern Australia; Weathered landscapes

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; DEPOSITION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION; LANDSCAPE; WEATHERED MEDIUM;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034022824     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(200005)25:5<535::AID-ESP91>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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