A multiresolution index of valley bottom flatness for mapping depositional areas

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Gallant, John C ^a   Dowling, Trevor I ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model; Landscape position; Scale; Slope; Terrain analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS;

MULTIRESOLUTION INDEX;

WATER RESOURCES;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LANDSCAPE; MAPPING; RUNOFF; SLOPE; VALLEY;

EID: 0038623468     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001426     Document Type: Article

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