DEM-based identification of fluvial knickzones and its application to Japanese mountain rivers

Geomorphology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 90-106

  Hayakawa, Yuichi S ^a   Oguchi, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bedrock rivers; DEM; GIS; Japan; Knickzones; Stream gradient

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FORMATION MECHANISM; GIS; KINK BAND; LANDFORM; LITHOLOGY; MOUNTAIN STREAM; RIVER BED;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33746193443     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.01.018     Document Type: Article

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