The "unreasonable effectiveness" of stratigraphic and geomorphic experiments

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 97, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 1-43

  Paola, Chris ^a   Straub, Kyle ^a,b   Mohrig, David ^c   Reinhardt, Liam ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

experiments; geomorphology; sedimentary geology; stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; EARTH SCIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MORPHODYNAMICS; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF ORGANIZATION; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 71749088938     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.05.003     Document Type: Review

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