Geostatistical analysis of ground-survey elevation data to elucidate spatial and temporal river channel change

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 349-370

  Chappell, Adrian ^a   Heritage, George L ^a   Fuller, Ian C ^b   Large, Andrew R G ^c   Milan, David J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropic variograms; Geostatistics; Kriging; Optimal sampling; River channel change; River channel morphology

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM);

LANDFORMS;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; KRIGING; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER DISCHARGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037543994     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.444     Document Type: Article

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