Towards an elementary theory of drainage basin evolution: I. The theoretical basis

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 811-822

  Smith, Terence R ^a,b   Birnir, Bjorn ^b   Merchant, George E ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous modeling; Evolution; Fluvial landscapes; Optimization; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001354065     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(97)00068-X     Document Type: Article

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