Relationships among vegetation, climatic zonation, soil, and bedrock in the central White-Inyo Range, eastern California: A ground-based and remote-sensing study

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1583-1597

  Ernst, W G ^a   Van de Ven, C M ^a   Lyon, R J P ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geobotany; Hyperspectra; Microclimate; Remote sensing; Vegetation; White Inyo Mountains

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC ZONATION;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; INFRARED IMAGING; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); QUARTZ; SOILS; SUBSTRATES; VEGETATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

REMOTE SENSING;

BEDROCK; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL TYPE; VEGETATION TYPE;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WHITE MOUNTAINS [CALIFORNIA-NEVADA];

EID: 1642538954     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25205.1     Document Type: Article

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