1998/03/24 by Marek Cieplak, Achille Giacometti, Cieplak, Marek +9
Environmental Science · #FOS: Physical sciences #Hydrology and Drought Analysis #Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes #Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9803287
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Two distinct models for self-similar and self-affine river basins are numerically investigated. They yield fractal aggregation patterns following non-trivial power laws in experimentally relevant distributions. Previous numerical estimates on the critical exponents, when existing, are confirmed and superseded. A physical motivation for both models in the present framework is also discussed.