Constraints on landscape evolution from slope histograms

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 477-480

  Wolinsky, Matthew A ^a   Pratson, Lincoln F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Landscapes; Processes; Slopes; Statistics

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS (DEM); HILLSLOPES; LANDSCAPES; UPLIFT NUMBER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CREEP; LITHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; TECTONICS;

LANDFORMS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; HISTOGRAM; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 20444462693     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21296.1     Document Type: Article

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