African river basins : their present geometry and recent past as a framework for their evolution

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 213-231). === Fractals and scaling laws abound in nature, and it is said that geometry of river networks and basins is an epitome of this. This study investigates how on the tectonically unique African continent, scaling parameters, and in particular devia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stankiewicz, Jacek
Other Authors: De Wit, Maarten
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7419