High resolution, basin extent observations and implications for understanding river form and process

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 680-698

  Fonstad, Mark A ^a   Andrew Marcus, W ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluvial; Geomorphology; Remote sensing; Rivers; Scale

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DATA RESOLUTIONS; DATA SETS; DIFFERENT SCALE; FIELD SURVEYS; FLUVIAL; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION OBSERVATIONS; HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY; MEASUREMENT SCALE; RIVER BASINS; RIVER CONTINUUM; RIVER SYSTEMS; SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICALITY; SPATIAL EXTENT; SYSTEM BEHAVIORS; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKS; YELLOWSTONES;

CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; PARKS; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPACE OPTICS; SURVEYS;

RIVERS;

BASIN ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER SYSTEM;

NUECES RIVER; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 77952263304     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1969     Document Type: Article

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