Modelling channel incision and alpine hillslope development using laser altimetry data

Geomorphology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 35-46

  Anders, Niels S ^a   Seijmonsbergen, Arie C ^a   Bouten, Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Channel incision model; Drainage basin; Landscape evolution; Laser altimetry

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HILLSLOPE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LASER METHOD; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SIMULATION;

EID: 70349859905     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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