A COMPLETE THERMODYNAMIC ANALOGY FOR LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION
International Association of Scientific Hydrology BulletinPublished 1 December 1967Open access
Adrian E. Scheidegger
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Abstract The analogy embodying an entropy concept for landscape evolution can be extended to all other thermodynamic functions.
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