Modelling landscape evolution on geological time scales: A new method based on irregular spatial discretization

Basin Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-52

  Braun, Jean ^a   Sambridge, Malcolm ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MODELLING; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; SPATIAL DISCRETIZATION; TECTONIC TIME SCALE;

EID: 0031451756     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.1997.00030.x     Document Type: Article

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