Models of fractal river basins

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-15

  Cieplak, Marek ^a   Giacometti, Achille ^b   Maritan, Amos ^b   Rinaldo, Andrea ^c   Rodriguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^d   Banavar, Jayanth R ^e  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation patterns; Dynamical critical phenomena; Erosion and sedimentation; Growth process; Rivers; Runoff and stream flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032049561     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1023069201470     Document Type: Article

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