Perfection and complexity in the lower Brazos River

Geomorphology

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 364-377

  Phillips, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazos River; Dominant processes concept; Geomorphic complexity; Perfect landscape; Synoptic analysis; Tributary junctions

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MEANDER; TRIBUTARY;

BRAZOS RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548480737     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.04.018     Document Type: Article

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