Geoscientists discover hillslopes can reveal geographic activity below
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 07:30
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) —A team of geoscientists from the U.K. and the U.S. has found that measuring the contour of hilly regions using a laser scanner can reveal aspects of the geographical history that led to its formation. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes laser scan analysis they undertook of a pressure ridge in California and the model they created using data they'd obtained.