Drainage density and network evolution in the humid tropics: Evidence from the Seychelles and the Windward Islands

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 103, Issue , 1996, Pages 1-23

  Walsh, R P D ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE DENSITY; FLUVIAL DYNAMICS; HUMID TROPICS; NETWORK EVOLUTION; RIVER NETWORK;

LESSER ANTILLES, WINDWARD ISLANDS; SEYCHELLES;

EID: 0030456485     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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