Influence of valley type on the scaling properties of river planforms

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1441-1448

  Beauvais, Anicet A ^a,c   Montgomery, David R ^b  

^a Services Scientifiques Centraux   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UR Geodes   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVIDER METHOD; FRACTAL CHARACTERISTICS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL PROCESSES; RIVER PLANFORM; SCALING PROPERTIES; VALLEY TYPE;

EID: 0029668951     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00279     Document Type: Article

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