Digital Terrain Analysis in Soil Science and Geology
By- Igor Florinsky, Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
Hardbound, 432 Pages
Published: September 2011
Imprint: Academic Press
ISBN: 978-0-12-385036-2
Contents
1 Digital terrain modeling: a brief historical overview
Part I: Principles and Methods of Digital Terrain Modeling
Part II: Digital Terrain Modeling in Soil Science
2 Morphometric variables
3 Digital elevation models
4 Calculation methods
5 Errors and accuracy
6 Filtering
7 Mapping and visualization
8 Influence of topography on soil properties
9 Adequate resolution of models
10 Predictive soil mapping
11 Analyzing relationships in the system ''topography-soil''
Part III: Digital Terrain Modeling in Geology
12 Folds and folding
13 Lineaments and faults
14 Accumulation zones and fault intersections
15 Global topography and tectonic structures
16 Synthesis
Appendix A: The mathematical basis of local morphometric variables, by Shary, P.A.
Appendix B: LandLord - a brief description of the software

