Hillslope-to-valley transition morphology: New opportunities from high resolution DTMs

Geomorphology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 47-56

  Tarolli, Paolo ^a   Dalla Fontana, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Channel heads; Curvature; DTM; High resolution topography; LiDAR; Slope area relation

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CURVATURE; DEBRIS FLOW; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HILLSLOPE; LANDSLIDE; LIDAR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; VALLEY;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 79960635277     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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