Complex Terrain Mapping Integrated Use of Stereo Air Photos and Satellite Images /

• Main Authors: Rivard, Lambert (Author), Hehner-Rivard, Carla (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Geography.; Geographical information systems.; Remote sensing.; Geomorphology.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.

A review of five major categories of lithogenetic and morphogenetic terrain types meet the complex terrain criteria: landslides, field photos of slope failures, bedrocks, nonglacial surficial deposits, glacial and alpine-glacial, and periglacial. Interpretations are based on personal knowledge and a...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Complex terrain
• Stereo air photos
• High resolution stereo satellite images
• Introduction
• Air photo layout format
• Regional setting satellite images
• Landslide types
• Field photos of slope failures
• Bedrock types
• Nonglacial surficial deposits
• Glacial and alpine-glacial types
• Periglacial types.