Improving particulate carbon loss estimates in eroding peatlands through the use of terrestrial laser scanning

Geomorphology

Volumn 179, Issue , 2012, Pages 240-248

  Grayson, R ^a   Holden, J ^a   Jones, R R ^b   Carle, J A ^b   Lloyd, A R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c North Pennines AONB Partnership   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blanket bog; Erosion; LiDAR; Particulate organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BLANKET BOG; CARBON FLUX; EROSION; LASER METHOD; LIDAR; MAP; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PEATLAND; SPATIAL DATA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ENGLAND; PENNINES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84870293166     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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