Quantitative characterization and elevation estimation of Lake Lahontan shoreline terraces from high-resolution digital elevation models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B11, 2001, Pages 26761-26774

  Hare, Jennifer L ^a   Ferguson, John F ^b   Aiken, Carlos L V ^b   Oldow, John S ^c  

^a Zonge Engineering and Research Organization   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELEVATION; GPS; PLEISTOCENE; TERRACE; TOPOGRAPHY;

LAKE LAHONTAN; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035203226     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jb000344     Document Type: Article

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