Placing soil-genesis and transport processes into a landscape context: A multiscale terrain-analysis approach

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 419-430

  Möller, Markus ^a   Volk, Martin ^b   Friedrich, Klaus ^c   Lymburner, Leo ^d  

^a Geoflux Gbr ^*  (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c Hessian Agency for the Environment and Geology   (Germany)

^d GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Landform semantics; Landforms; Mass balance index; Segmentation; Terrain analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 54549096792     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200625039     Document Type: Article

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