Spatial organization of process domains in headwater drainage basins of a glaciated foothills region with complex longitudinal profiles

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  McCleary, Richard J ^a,b   Hassan, Marwan A ^a   Miller, Dan ^c   Moore, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Foothills Research Institute   (Canada)

^c Earth Systems Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA THRESHOLD; BASIN SCALE; DESCRIPTORS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DOMINANT FACTOR; DRAINAGE AREA; EROSION AND DEPOSITION; FIELD SURVEYS; FLUVIAL CHANNELS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; HEAD WATERS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HILLSLOPES; INDEX VARIATION; LONGITUDINAL PROFILE; MAP PROCESS; MAPPING APPLICATIONS; ORDINAL LOGISTIC REGRESSION; RESTRICTED MODELS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SHALE FORMATION; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION; STUDY AREAS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE BASIN; FIELD SURVEY; GIS; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIATION; HEADWATER; HILLSLOPE; LIDAR; LITHOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MORPHOMETRY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 81455150147     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009800     Document Type: Article

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