Response of the truckee river to lowering base level at pyramid lake, nevada, based on historical air photos and lidar data

Geosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 607-627

  Adams, Kenneth D ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; GIS; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE; LIDAR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

NEVADA; PYRAMID LAKE [NEVADA]; TRUCKEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862521271     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00698.1     Document Type: Article

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