Deterministic chaos and historical geomorphology: A review and look forward

Geomorphology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 109-121

  Phillips, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos detection; Deterministic chaos; Geomorphic systems; Nonequilibrium; Nonlinear dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE;

EID: 33646689616     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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