Path selection in the growth of rivers
River networks exhibit a complex ramified structure that has inspired decades of studies. However, an understanding of the propagation of a single stream remains elusive. Here we invoke a criterion for path selection from fracture mechanics and apply it to the growth of streams in a diffusion field....
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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108681 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7997-0119 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4243-5478 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4006-7771 |