Relationships of aeolian erosion and deposition with LiDAR-derived landscape surface roughness following wildfire

Geomorphology

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 135-145

  Sankey, Joel B ^a   Glenn, Nancy F ^a   Germino, Matthew J ^a   Gironella, Ann Inez N ^a   Thackray, Glenn D ^b  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian transport; LiDAR; Remote sensing; Shrub steppe; Surface roughness; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EOLIAN PROCESS; LIDAR; LOESS; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHRUBLAND; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STEPPE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WILDFIRE;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952668171     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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