Eco-geomorphic implications of hillslope aspect: Inferences from analysis of landscape morphology in central New Mexico

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Istanbulluoglu, Erkan ^a,b   Yetemen, Omer ^a   Vivoni, Enrique R ^c   Gutiérrez Jurado, Hugo A ^c   Bras, Rafael L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; SURVEYING; VEGETATION;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE AREAS; EROSION RATES; HILL SLOPES; NEW MEXICO; SOIL ERODIBILITY; STEEPER SLOPES; TOPOGRAPHIC DATA; VEGETATION COMMUNITIES;

FACINGS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION RATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HILLSLOPE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53749085357     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034477     Document Type: Article

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