Assessment of erosion and deposition in steep mountain basins by differencing sequential digital terrain models

Geomorphology

Volumn 291, Issue , 2017, Pages 4-16

  Cavalli, Marco ^a   Goldin, Beatrice ^a   Comiti, Francesco ^b   Brardinoni, Francesco ^c   Marchi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Debris flow; DoD; Geomorphometry; LiDAR

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITION; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; EROSION RATE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LIDAR; MOUNTAIN STREAM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

ALPS; BOLZANO; EASTERN ALPS; ITALY; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; VENOSTA VALLEY;

EID: 84964607612     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.04.009     Document Type: Article

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