A consistent framework for Horton regression statistics that leads to a modified Hack's law

Geomorphology

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 603-614

  Furey, Peter R ^a   Troutman, Brent M ^b  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

ANCOVA; Hack's law; Horton analysis; Scaling; Strahler order

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DRAINAGE BASIN; ESTIMATION METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 55049108876     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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