An automated method to extract fluvial terraces from digital elevation models: The Vesdre valley, a case study in eastern Belgium

Geomorphology

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 51-64

  Demoulin, A ^a,b   Bovy, B ^b   Rixhon, G ^b   Cornet, Y ^b  

^a FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ardenne; Digital elevation model; Fault deformation; Fluvial terrace; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RIVER TERRACE;

ARDENNES [WESTERN EUROPE]; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548318896     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.01.020     Document Type: Article

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