Evolution and selection of river networks: Statics, dynamics, and complexity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2417-2424

  Rinaldo, Andrea ^a,b   Rigon, Riccardo ^c   Banavar, Jayanth R ^d   Maritan, Amos ^e   Rodriguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^f  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

^e SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^f Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Erosional mechanics; Feasible optimality; River network patterns; Trees and networks

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION; EROSIONAL MECHANICS; FEASIBLE OPTIMALITY; RIVER NETWORK PATTERNS; TREES AND NETWORKS;

ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS;

EID: 84894293664     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1322700111     Document Type: Article

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