Observations of debris flows at Chalk Cliffs, Colorado, USA: Part 2, changes in surface morphometry from terrestrial laser scanning in the summer of 2009

International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation: Mechanics, Prediction, and Assessment, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 759-768

  Staley, Dennis M ^a   Wasklewicz, Thad A ^b   Coe, Jeffrey A ^a   Kean, Jason W ^a   McCoy, Scott W ^c   Tucker, Greg E ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel; Debris flow; Morphometry; Terrestrial laser scanning

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL; COLORADO , USA; CONTROL POINT; DEBRIS FLOWS; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; EROSION AND DEPOSITION; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-CHANNELS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; MORPHOMETRY; ROBUST NETWORK; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STRONG CORRELATION; SURVEY DATA; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING; TOPOGRAPHIC CHANGES; TOPOGRAPHIC DATA; VOLUMETRIC GAIN;

DEBRIS; EROSION; HAZARDS; LIMESTONE; RATING; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84861629725     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2011-03.B-083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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