Morphometric analysis and tectonic interpretation of digital terrain data: A case study

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 807-822

  Jordan, Gyozo ^a,b,c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Hungarian Geological Survey   (Hungary)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Digital drainage analysis; Digital terrain modelling; Morphometry; Tectonic geomorphology

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEXTURES;

MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS;

TECTONICS;

DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; DRAINAGE NETWORK; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LINEAMENT; MORPHOMETRY; TECTONICS;

EID: 0141595178     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.469     Document Type: Article

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