Channel network scaling laws in submarine basins

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Straub, Kyle M ^a   Jerolmack, Douglas J ^b   Mohrig, David ^c   Rothman, Daniel H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CATCHMENTS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; STATISTICS;

CHANNEL NETWORK STRUCTURE; SUBMARINE CHANNEL;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISCHARGE; DRAINAGE BASIN; OCEAN BASIN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUBMARINE CHANNEL; SUBMARINE SLOPE; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; CALIFORNIA; EURASIA; MONTEREY; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38849140244     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030089     Document Type: Article

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