Chaos, fractals and self-organization in coastal geomorphology: Simulating dune landscapes in vegetated environments

Geomorphology

Volumn 48, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 309-328

  Baas, Andreas C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos; Coastal dune; Fractals; Self organization; Simulation; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DUNE; EOLIAN PROCESS; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 0036836553     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00187-3     Document Type: Article

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