Digital elevation model and multivariate statistical analysis of Morphometric parameters of some wadis, Western Saudi Arabia

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 147-157

  Subyani, Ali M ^a   Qari, Mohammed H ^a   Matsah, Mohamed I ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

DEM; GIS; Morphometric parameters; Multivariate statistics; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863311486     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-010-0149-7     Document Type: Article

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