The fractal nature of river networks

Water Resources Research

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1988, Pages 1317-1322

  Tarboton, David G ^a   Bras, Rafael L ^a   Rodriguez‐Iturbe, Ignacio ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FRACTAL STRUCTURE; RIVER GEOMETRY; RIVER NETWORK;

EID: 0024164717     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/WR024i008p01317     Document Type: Article

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