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

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, “Comple...

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Published inGeomorphology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Vol. 103; no. 3; pp. 496 - 505
Main Authors Murray, A. Brad, Lazarus, Eli, Ashton, Andrew, Baas, Andreas, Coco, Giovanni, Coulthard, Tom, Fonstad, Mark, Haff, Peter, McNamara, Dylan, Paola, Chris, Pelletier, Jon, Reinhardt, Liam
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.02.2009
Elsevier
Subjects
Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium
Complex systems
Complexity
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Earth-surface science
Emergence
Exact sciences and technology
Geomorphology, landform evolution
Marine and continental quaternary
Modeling
Morphodynamics
Nonlinear dynamics
Scaling
Self-organization
Surficial geology
White paper
West Virginia
Ganges River
Asia
United States
Nonlinear dynamics
Morphodynamics
White paper
Emergence
Scaling
Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium
Earth-surface science
Complex systems
Modeling
Complexity
Self-organization
experimental studies
geomorphology
vegetation
global
digital simulation
North America
dunes
fluvial sedimentation
physical models
fluvial features
models
channels
numerical models
landform evolution
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0169-555X
1872-695X
DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.08.013