Fractal measures of drainage network to investigate surface deformation from remote sensing data: A paradigm from Hindukush (NE-Afghanistan)

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 641-654

  Mahmood, Syed Amer ^a,b   Gloaguen, Richard ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Drainage network; Fractal; Lacunarity; Succolarity; Surface deformation and Hindukush

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052903066     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-011-1030-1     Document Type: Article

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