Quantitative assessment of landform equifinality and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction using geomorphic models

Geomorphology

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 167-183

  Nicholas, A P ^a   Quine, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Equifinality; Geomorphic model

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 77954758717     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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