DEM and GIS analysis of the stream gradient index to evaluate effects of tectonics: The Normandy intraplate area (NW France)

Geomorphology

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 172-180

  Font, Marianne ^a   Amorese, Daniel ^a   Lagarde, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

DEM; GIS; Intraplate zone; Morphometry; Stream gradient index; Tectonic uplift

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DEFORMATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LITHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

FRANCE; NORMANDY;

EID: 77952670770     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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