Coupled length scales in eroding landscapes

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2001, Pages

  Chan, Kelvin K ^a   Rothman, Daniel H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CATCHMENTS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CHANNELIZATION VECTORS; ERODING LANDSCAPES;

EROSION;

EID: 0035334865     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.63.055102     Document Type: Article

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