UAV-based detection and spatial analyses of periglacial landforms on Demay Point (King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica)

Geomorphology

Volumn 290, Issue , 2017, Pages 29-38

  Dąbski, Maciej ^a   Zmarz, Anna ^a   Pabjanek, Piotr ^a   Korczak Abshire, Małgorzata ^b   Karsznia, Izabela ^a   Chwedorzewska, Katarzyna J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Long range unmanned aerial vehicle; Periglacial landforms; Photointerpretation; Western Antarctica

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; DETECTION METHOD; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 85017450164     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.03.033     Document Type: Article

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