Geomorphological Field Mapping

Developments in Earth Surface Processes

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 151-187

  Knight, Jasper ^a   Mitchell, Wishart A ^b   Rose, James ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drumlins; Geographic information systems; Landslides; Mapping; Moraines; River terraces; Upland terrain

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054936552     PISSN: 09282025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53446-0.00006-9     Document Type: Chapter

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