Do skeletal networks derived from water bodies follow Horton's laws?

Citation
Bsd. Sagar et al., Do skeletal networks derived from water bodies follow Horton's laws?, MATH GEOL, 31(2), 1999, pp. 143-154
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
ISSN journal
08828121 → ACNP
Volume
31
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
143 - 154
Database
ISI
SICI code
0882-8121(199902)31:2<143:DSNDFW>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The aim of this short note is to test whether the morphological skeletal ne twork (MSN) of water bodies that resembles a river network follows Horton's laws. A fractal relationship of MSN of a water body is also shown. This in vestigation shows that the MSN of the Nizamsagar reservoir follows Horton ' s laws. Furthermore, this reservoir has a fractal dimension (D-m) of 1.92 w hich was computed by using two morphometric quantities and the fractal dime nsion of the main skeletal length (d). This value tallies exactly with the fractal dimension (D-f) of the whole MSN computed through box-counting meth od.