Self-organized complexity in geomorphology: Observations and models

Geomorphology

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 302-310

  Turcotte, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion limited aggregation; Drainage networks; Fractals; Landforms; Langevin equation

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE NETWORK; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORM; MODELING; SELF ORGANIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548393670     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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