Scale effects of the continental coastline of China

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1101-1111

  Su, Fenzhen ^a   Gao, Yi ^a,b,c   Zhou, Chenghu ^a   Yang, Xiaomei ^a   Fei, Xianyun ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d HUAIHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e Jiangsu Marine Resources Development Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

coastline; coastline type; fractal dimension; scale effect; subsidence segment; uplift segment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053547406     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-011-0903-0     Document Type: Article

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