SELF-AFFINE SCALING OF FRACTAL RIVER COURSES AND BASIN BOUNDARIES Academic Article

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. 1994.

authors

• Rodriguez-Iturbe, Ignacio

published proceedings

• PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS

author list (cited authors)

• IJJASZVASQUEZ, E. J., BRAS, R. L., & RODRIGUEZ-ITURBE, I.

citation count

• 13

complete list of authors

• IJJASZVASQUEZ, EJ||BRAS, RL||RODRIGUEZ-ITURBE, I

publication date

• September 1994

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0378-4371(94)90184-8

start page

• 288

end page

• 300

volume

• 209

issue

• 3-4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0378-4371(94)90184-8