Geomorphometric assessment of spatial sediment connectivity in small Alpine catchments

Geomorphology

Volumn 188, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-41

  Cavalli, Marco ^a   Trevisani, Sebastiano ^b   Comiti, Francesco ^c   Marchi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Geomorphometry; High resolution DTM; LiDAR; Sediment connectivity

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DEBRIS FLOW; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HEADWATER; HILLSLOPE; LIDAR; MORPHOMETRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 84861586353     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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