A simulation model for meandering rivers and their associated sedimentary environments

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 233, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 606-618

  Meakin, Paul ^a,b   Sun, Tao ^a   Jøssang, Torstein ^a,b   Schwarz, Klaus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Center for Advanced Study   (Norway)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; GEOLOGY; RIVER DIVERSION; SEDIMENTATION;

BEND EROSION THEORY; GEOLOGICAL HETEROGENEITIES; MEANDERING RIVERS; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS;

RIVERS;

EID: 0030381597     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(96)00197-5     Document Type: Article

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