On reductionism and emergence in geomorphology

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 327-339

  Harrison, S ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergence; Landscape; Physics; Process; Reductionist

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0034763175     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-5661.00025     Document Type: Article

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