Effects of terrain smoothing on topographic shielding correction factors for cosmogenic nuclide-derived estimates of basin-averaged denudation rates

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 145-154

  Norton, Kevin P ^a   Vanacker, Veerle ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Basin averaged denudation rates; Cosmogenic nuclides; Digital elevation mode; Erosion; Topographic shielding

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; EROSION; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; SNOW; SURVEYING; VEGETATION;

CORRECTION ALGORITHMS; COSMIC RAY INTENSITY; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; DENUDATION RATES; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; TERRAIN REPRESENTATIONS; TERRESTRIAL COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES;

SHIELDING;

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DENUDATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; SMOOTHING; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 63049137311     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1700     Document Type: Article

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