Surface grain-size mapping of braided channels from SfM photogrammetry

Ribet, Loïs; Liébault, Frédéric; Borgniet, Laurent; Deschâtres, Michaël; Melun, Gabriel

doi:10.5194/esurf-13-607-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-607-2025

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22 Jul 2025

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Surface grain-size mapping of braided channels from SfM photogrammetry

Loïs Ribet, Frédéric Liébault, Laurent Borgniet, Michaël Deschâtres, and Gabriel Melun

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