Modelling desert dune fields based on discrete dynamics

Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-17

  Bishop, Steven R ^a   Momiji, Hiroshi ^a   Carretero González, Ricardo ^a,b   Warren, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Desert dune field; Discrete dynamics; Lattice; Modelling; Non linearity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442322181     PISSN: 10260226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10260220290013462     Document Type: Article

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