Fractal river networks, Horton's laws and Tokunaga cyclicity

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 105-117

  Tarboton, David G ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; FRACTALS; RIVERS; STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING;

FRACTAL RIVER NETWORKS; HORTONIAN SCALING FRAMEWORKS; SELF SIMILARITY; SPACE FILLING; TOKUNAGA CYCLICITY;

HYDROLOGY;

NETWORKS; RIVERS; SCALING;

FRACTAL DIMENSION; HORTONIAN SCALING; RIVER NETWORK; SCALE EFFECT; TOKUNAGA CYCLICITY;

EID: 0030300853     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03089-2     Document Type: Article

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