Estimating bedding orientation from high-resolution digital elevation models

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2949-2959

  Cracknell, Matthew J ^a   Roach, Michael ^a   Green, David ^b   Lucieer, Arko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Mineral Resources Tasmania   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model (DEM); Geographic information system (GIS); Geology; Light detection and ranging (LiDAR); Lineament; Remote sensing; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; LINEAMENT; MANUAL IDENTIFICATION; MEAN ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCES; STEREOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION; TASMANIA;

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURVEYING;

ESTIMATION;

BEDDING PLANE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 84884981135     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2217502     Document Type: Article

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