Regular spacing of drainage outlets from linear fault blocks

Basin Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 275-302

  Talling, Peter J ^a   Stewart, Michael D ^a   Stark, Colin P ^b   Gupta, Sanjeev ^b   Vincent, Stephen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Cambridge Arctic Shelf Programme   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE OUTLET; RIVER BASIN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

USA, CALIFORNIA, WHEELER RIDGE;

EID: 0031433808     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.1997.00048.x     Document Type: Article

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