Digital Topography: Should you choose a TIN or raster interpolation of the landscape? part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
The recent explosion of Geographic Information System (GIS) tools enable geoscientists to visualize the Earth's surface in three dimensions using digital topography. Digital topography can be represented in ...

Application of remote sensing in geomorphology part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
Remote sensing is the observation of surfaces or objects while not being in direct contact with them. By this definition, cameras are remote sensors, observing the environment around us but not requiring us to ...

Landslide susceptibility in cuesta scarps of SW-Germany (Swabian Alb) part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
Keywords. GIS-based hazard modelling, slope stability, Hirschkopf landslide, landscape evolution, natural hazards. Damage to settlements and infrastructure as well as human casualties caused by landslides are ...

Knickpoint migration and landscape evolution, Cullasaja River Basin, North Carolina part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
Introduction: Localized high topographic relief, steep slopes, and frequent mass wasting — features commonly associated with tectonically active settings — characterize the landscapes of the southern ...

Using technology as an aid to the geomorphologist part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
Geomorphology requires characterization of the earth's surface at sufficient high resolution in 3 dimensions to explicitly represent landforms. Measuring change requires repeat survey, thus adding the 4th ...

Geomorphic Setting & Archaeology of the Cunene River, Namibia part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
Introduction This vignette presents a virtual tour of the Cunene River, and a prehistoric archaeological site located on a fluvial terrace in northern Namibia. Today the Cunene River is an important transnational ...

Volcanic History and Cinder Cone Erosion at Newberry Volcano, Oregon part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
Surface landforms result from a balance of constructional and erosional processes operating at geological time scales of 102 to 105 years. The landscape evolves over time as masses of earth material are transferred ...

Effects of urbanization on stream channel geometry in the Illinois River watershed in Northwest Arkansas part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
The land-use changes associated with urbanization have a range of critical impacts on watersheds, stream geomorphology, and habitat. Much of the thinking about how streams respond to urbanization proliferating ...

Soil Geomorphology and Landscape Modeling in South-Central Minnesota part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
Holly A.S. Dolliver University of Wisconsin- River Falls Location Continent: North America Country: United States of America State: Minnesota City/Town: Waseca UTM coordinates and datum: none Setting Climate ...

Understanding soil erosion and landscape evolution using computer based predictive models part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
The ability to measure and model soil erosion and resultant landscape evolution is important because soil erosion has a range of environmental impacts, including loss of organic matter and nutrients, reduction of ...