Frequency distribution curves as an indicator of evolutionary trends in geomorphological systems: A case study from the northwestern part of Hrvatsko Zagorje (Croatia)

Geologia Croatica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-88

  Peh, Zoran ^a  

^a Institute of Geology   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Drainage density. slope; Frequency distribution curves; Frosional levels; Geomorphological systems; Horizontal dissection; Hrvatsko Zagorje; Hypsometric integral; Thermodynamics of nonequilibrium systems; Vertical dissection

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442332848     PISSN: 1330030X     EISSN: 13334875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4154/GC.1997.08     Document Type: Article

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