Topography of large-scale watersheds: Fractal texture and global drift. Application to the Mississippi basin

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 143, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 257-267

  Deschaux, Vincent ^a   Souriau, Marc ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Drainage patterns; Fractals; Mississippi River basin; Tectonics; Topography; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHED;

USA, MISSISSIPPI BASIN;

EID: 0030440203     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00143-4     Document Type: Article

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