Formation of evenly spaced ridges and valleys

One of the most striking examples of self-organization in landscapes is the emergence of evenly spaced ridges and valleys. Despite the prevalence of uniform valley spacing, no theory has been shown to predict this fundamental topographic wavelength. Models of long-term landscape evolution can pro...

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Main Authors: Perron, J. Taylor, Kirchner, James W., Dietrich, William E.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64681
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0404-8701