Fractal analysis of tidal channels in the Bahía Blanca Estuary (Argentina)

Geomorphology

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 263-274

  Angeles, Guillermo R ^a   Perillo, Gerardo M E ^a,b   Piccolo, M Cintia ^a,b   Pierini, Jorge O ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bah a Blanca Estuary; Fractal dimensions; Meandering pattern; Tidal channels

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; ESTUARY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MEANDER; REMOTE SENSING; TIDAL CHANNEL;

ARGENTINA; BAHIA BLANCA ESTUARY; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1142268888     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(03)00106-5     Document Type: Article

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