Elementary forms for land surface segmentation: The theoretical basis of terrain analysis and geomorphological mapping

Geomorphology

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 236-259

  Minár, Jozef ^a,c   Evans, Ian S ^b  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Altitude; Curvature; DEM; Derivative; Landform segmentation; Slope

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISCONTINUITY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; HOMOGENEITY; LAND SURFACE; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEGMENTATION; TERRAIN;

EID: 39149141598     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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