Describing scales of features in river channels using fractal geometry concepts

River Research and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-22

  Nestler, John ^a   Sutton, Virginia K ^b  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex parameters; Fractal geometry; River channels

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; RIVER CHANNEL;

EID: 0034100727     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1646(200001/02)16:1<1::aid-rrr566>3.0.co;2-f     Document Type: Article

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