Self-affinity in braided rivers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1429-1439

  Sapozhnikov, Victor ^a   Foufoula Georgiou, Efi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED RIVER; FRACTAL CHARACTERISTICS; SELF AFFINITY; SPATIAL SCALING;

EID: 0029668950     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00490     Document Type: Review

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