Models of fractal river basins

DOI10.1023/A:1023069201470MaRDI QIDQ1284876zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Marek Cieplak, Achille Giacometti, Amos Maritan, A. Rinaldo, Jayanth R. Banavar, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe

Publication date 20 June 1999

Published in Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9803287

zbMATH Keywords

growth processriversdynamical critical phenomenaaggregation patternserosion and sedimentationrunoff and stream flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamic critical phenomena in statistical mechanics (82C27) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

Abstract: 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 Previous numerical estimates on the critical exponents, when existing, are confirmed and superseded.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.

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