Luna B. Leopold

Fluvial processes in geomorphology

The hydraulic geometry of stream channels and some physiographic implications

Some hydraulic characteristics of stream channels - depth, width, velocity, and suspended load - are measured quantitatively and vary with discharge as simple power functions at...

The concept of entropy in landscape evolution

The concept of entropy is expressed in terms of probability of various states. Entropy treats of the distribution of energy. The principle is introduced that the most probable c...

River meanders - Theory of minimum variance

Meanders are the result of erosion-deposition processes tending toward the most stable form in which the variability of certain essential properties is minimized. This minimizat...