Emergence and pseudo-equilibrium in geomorphology

Geomorphology

Volumn 132, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 319-326

  Phillips, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergence; Gradient selection; Pseudo equilibrium; Steady state equilibrium; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BARCHAN; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DRAINAGE; FLOW MODELING; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HILLSLOPE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; THRESHOLD;

EID: 79960285358     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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