High-resolution lidar topography of the Puget Lowland, Washington - A bonanza for earth science

GSA Today

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 4-10

  Haugerud, Ralph A ^a   Harding, David J ^b   Johnson, Samuel Y ^c   Harless, Jerry L ^d   Weaver, Craig S ^a   Sherrod, Brian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Puget Sound Regional Council   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDE; LIDAR; NEOTECTONICS; SEISMIC HAZARD; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TOPOGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038638297     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/1052-5173(2003)13<0004:HLTOTP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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