Self-affine scaling of fractal river courses and basin boundaries

Ede J. Ijjasz-Vasquez, Rafael L. Bras and Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1994, vol. 209, issue 3, 288-300

Abstract: The scaling properties of the geometrical features of river courses and basin boundaries are investigated. These structures show anisotropic scaling which classify them as self-affine fractals. The self-affine characteristics of channels and boundaries have been found to be the same across the different river basins analyzed. Using a simulation model of river networks and basin landscapes, the relationship between the self-affine characteristics of channels and the three-dimensional structure and evolution of the landscape is shown.

Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(94)90184-8

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