Quantitative bounds on morphodynamics and implications for reading the sedimentary record

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ganti, Vamsi ^a   Lamb, Michael P ^a   McElroy, Brandon ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHODYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION; ARTICLE; LANDSCAPE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 84896842702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4298     Document Type: Article

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