Regular spacing of drainage outlets from linear mountain belts

Basin Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-44

  Hovius, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002967094     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.1996.tb00113.x     Document Type: Article

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