Revisiting the hypsometric curve as an indicator of form and process in transport-limited catchment

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 611-623

  Willgoose, Carry ^a   Hancock, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL NETWORK; HYPSOMETRY; LANDFORM PROCESS;

EID: 0344835716     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199807)23:7<611::AID-ESP872>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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