Statistical estimation and generalized additive modeling of rock glacier distribution in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, United States

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Brenning, Alexander ^a   Grasser, M ^b   Friend, D A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; ROCK GLACIER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548305017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JF000528     Document Type: Article

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