Fractal River Basins Chance and Self-Organization |
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| Author:
| Rodríguez-Iturbe, Ignacio
Rinaldo, Andrea |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-00405-3 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2001 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $177.95 |
Book Description:
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This paperback of a successful book considers river basins and drainage networks in the light of their scaling and multi-scaling properties, and the dynamics responsible for their development. Hydrologists and geomorphologists will find that this book opens up the important topic of the fractal structure of networks at an accessible level. Mathematicians and physicists will appreciate the application of the theory to this aspect of the earth sciences. Comprehensive, well illustrated...
More DescriptionThis paperback of a successful book considers river basins and drainage networks in the light of their scaling and multi-scaling properties, and the dynamics responsible for their development. Hydrologists and geomorphologists will find that this book opens up the important topic of the fractal structure of networks at an accessible level. Mathematicians and physicists will appreciate the application of the theory to this aspect of the earth sciences. Comprehensive, well illustrated and with many real-world examples, Fractal River Basins will be useful to researchers and students alike. The hardback received many excellent reviews.