A geostatistical framework for quantifying the reach-scale spatial structure of river morphology: 1. Variogram models, related metrics, and relation to channel form

Geomorphology

Volumn 205, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-84

  Legleiter, Carl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; River morphology; Spatial variability; Variogram

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; GEOSTATISTICS; RIVER; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM CHANNEL; TOPOGRAPHY; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 84887624441     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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