River meander behaviour and instability: A framework for analysis

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 238-253

  Hooke, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chaos theory; England; Equilibrium; River Bollin; River meanders; Sinuosity non linearity

Indexed keywords

BENDING; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CHAOS THEORY; CURVATURE; MEANDER; RIVER CHANNEL;

EID: 0038036408     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-5661.00089     Document Type: Article

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