Self-organized criticality in riverbank systems

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 281-296

  Fonstad, Mark ^a   Marcus, W Andrew ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank stability; Fluvial geomorphology; Self organised criticality; Stream restoration; Width adjustment

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVER BANK; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 12144263008     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8306.9302002     Document Type: Review

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