Multi-scale curvature for automated identification of glaciated mountain landscapes

Geomorphology

Volumn 209, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-65

  Prasicek, Günther ^a   Otto, Jan Christoph ^a   Montgomery, David R ^b   Schrott, Lothar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automation; Curvature; Glaciation; Morphometry; Multi scale; Valley

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FLUVIAL PROCESS; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIATION; LANDSCAPE; MORPHOMETRY; VALLEY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893767538     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.11.026     Document Type: Article

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