Observations and analysis of self-similar branching topology in glacier networks

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue B11, 1996, Pages 25511-25521

  Bahr, David B ^a   Peckham, Scott D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHING STRUCTURE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MODEL; SELF SIMILARITY; SHREVE'S THEORY; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 0030373161     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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