Thermal imaging of alluvial fans: A new technique for remote classification of sedimentary features

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 124-130

  Hardgrove, Craig ^a   Moersch, Jeffrey ^a   Whisner, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alluvial fans; debris flows; remote sensing; thermal inertia; thermal infrared

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FANS; CALIFORNIA; DEBRIS FLOWS; DIURNAL CYCLE; GROUND BASED; GROUND RESOLUTION; SEDIMENTARY PROCESS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL IMAGES; THERMAL IMAGING; THERMAL INERTIA; THERMAL INFRARED; THERMOPHYSICAL; VISIBLE IMAGE;

AIRCRAFT; DEBRIS; FANS; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LANDFORMS;

ALLUVIAL FAN; DEBRIS FLOW; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; INERTIA; INFRARED IMAGERY; MAPPING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; WEATHERING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; OWENS VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650621554     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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