Mapping and measuring Lake Agassiz strandlines in North Dakota and Manitoba using LiDAR DEM data: Comparing techniques, revising correlations, and interpreting anomalous isostatic rebound gradients

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 608-620

  Teller, James T ^a   Yang, Zhirong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKES; SURVEYING;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FINE SEDIMENTS; ISOSTATIC REBOUND; LAKE AGASSIZ; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; NORTH DAKOTA; SLOPE BREAK; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

OPTICAL RADAR;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LIDAR; MAPPING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRANDLINE;

CANADA; LAKE AGASSIZ; MANITOBA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924940145     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B31070.1     Document Type: Article

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