Sediment-landform assemblages and digital elevation data: Testing an improved methodology for the assessment of sand and gravel aggregate resources in north-western Britain

Engineering Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 40-50

  Chiverrell, R C ^a   Thomas, G S P ^a   Foster, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Digital elevation models (DEM); GIS; LiDAR; Lithofacies; NEXTMAP; Sand and gravel; Sediment landform assemblage

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVEL; LANDFORMS; SAND; SEDIMENTS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; LITHOFACIES; SEDIMENT-LANDFORM ASSEMBLAGE;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

AGGREGATE; ARCVIEW; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; LIDAR; LITHOFACIES; SAND AND GRAVEL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LANCASHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 43649088484     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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