Thresholds, mode switching, and emergent equilibrium in geomorphic systems

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-79

  Phillips, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergent evolution; Divergent evolution; Emergence; Geomorphic systems; Mode switching; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOMORPHOLOGY;

CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DIVERGENT EVOLUTION; EMERGENCE; MODE-SWITCHING; THRESHOLDS;

SWITCHING;

EROSION RATE; FLOW FIELD; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THRESHOLD; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 84891664960     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3492     Document Type: Article

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