Geomorphic impact and rapid subsequent recovery from the 1996 Skei{eth}arársandur jökulhlaup, Iceland, measured with multi-year airborne lidar

Geomorphology

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 65-75

  Smith, Laurence C ^a   Sheng, Yongwei ^b   Magilligan, Francis J ^c   Smith, Norman D ^d   Gomez, Basil ^e   Mertes, Leal A K ^f   Krabill, William B ^g   Garvin, James B ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

DEM; Erosion; Flood; Iceland; J kulhlaup; Lidar; Remote sensing; Skei eth ar rsandur; Vatnaj kull

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION; FLOOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ICE CAP; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; SKEIOARARSANDUR; VATNAJOKULL;

ARA;

EID: 33645914145     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.01.012     Document Type: Article

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