Geomorphology, complexity, and the emerging science of the Earth's surface

  • A. Brad Murray
  • , Eli Lazarus
  • , Andrew Ashton
  • , Andreas Baas
  • , Giovanni Coco
  • , Tom Coulthard
  • , Mark Fonstad
  • , Peter Haff
  • , Dylan McNamara
  • , Chris Paola
  • , Jon Pelletier
  • , Liam Reinhardt

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Abstract

The following is a white paper (adapted here for print) for the U.S. National Research Council's committee on Challenges and Opportunities in Earth Surface Processes, drafted at a National Science Foundation sponsored workshop associated with the 38th Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium, "Complexity in Geomorphology," held at Duke University in October 2007.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)496-505
Number of pages10
JournalGeomorphology
Volume103
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 2009

Bibliographical note

Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium
  • Complex systems
  • Complexity
  • Earth-surface science
  • Emergence
  • Modeling
  • Morphodynamics
  • Nonlinear dynamics
  • Scaling
  • Self-organization
  • White paper

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