Complexity, self-organisation and variation in behaviour in meandering rivers

Geomorphology

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 236-258

  Hooke, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel changes; Cut offs; Historical evidence; Non linearity; Phase space; River meanders; Self organisation; Sinuosity

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; MEANDER; RIVER CHANNEL; SELF ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34548438524     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.04.021     Document Type: Article

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