Delineating small karst watersheds based on digital elevation model and eco-hydrogeological principles

Solid Earth

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 457-468

  Jie Luo, Guang ^a,b,c   Jie Wang, Shi ^a   Yong Bai, Xiao ^a   Ming Liu, Xiu ^a   Yun Cheng, An ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c GUIZHOU EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SURVEYING;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; KARST REGIONS; RIVER BASINS; SMALL WATERSHEDS; YANGTZE RIVER;

WATERSHEDS;

CORROSION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ECOHYDROLOGY; EXTRACTION METHOD; KARST; RIVER BASIN; WATERSHED;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84962408958     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-7-457-2016     Document Type: Article

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