Reconstructing palaeochannel morphology with a mobile multicoil electromagnetic induction sensor

Geomorphology

Volumn 130, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 136-141

  De Smedt, Philippe ^a   Van Meirvenne, Marc ^a   Meerschman, Eef ^a   Saey, Timothy ^a   Bats, Machteld ^a   Court Picon, Mona ^a   De Reu, Jeroen ^a   Zwertvaegher, Ann ^a   Antrop, Marc ^a   Bourgeois, Jean ^a   De Maeyer, Philippe ^a   Finke, Peter A ^a   Verniers, Jacques ^a   Crombé, Philippe ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Buried fluvial systems; Electromagnetic induction; Near surface geophysics; Palaeotopographical modelling

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FIELD METHOD; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; INTERPOLATION; PALEOCHANNEL; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; PEDOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER SYSTEM; SENSOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79956123765     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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