Physics
Four remarks on the growth of channel networks
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Networks fed by subsurface flow are a natural, but dynamically simple, system in which to consider general problems of network growth. Here we present four examples in which this dynamic simplicity can be used to develop a quantitative understanding of a natural kilometer-scale network of streams. In these four sections, we investigate the relation between the position of a spring in the network and the groundwater flux into it, the flow of water through streams and the stream shape, and the influence of solar radiation on the rate of sediment transport around the streams. In each case, a quantitative comparison is made between theory and observation. © 2012.
Publication Title
Comptes Rendus - Geoscience
Publication Date
1-2012
Volume
344
Issue
1
First Page
33
Last Page
40
ISSN
1631-0713
DOI
10.1016/j.crte.2011.12.004
Keywords
geomorphology, hydrology, river network
Repository Citation
Petroff, Alexander P.; Devauchelle, Olivier; Kudrolli, Arshad; and Rothman, Daniel H., "Four remarks on the growth of channel networks" (2012). Physics. 115.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_physics/115
