How to make a meandering river

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 41, 2009, Pages 17245-17246

  Howard, Alan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE;

ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; FLOW RATE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENTATION; SIMULATION; STREAM (RIVER); TOPOGRAPHY; TURBIDITY; VEGETATION;

EARTH (PLANET); ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARS; PLANTS; RIVERS; SATURN; SEEDS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 70350443619     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0910005106     Document Type: Note

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