%0 Journal Article %1 sapoval:098501 %A Sapoval, B. %A Baldassarri, A. %A Gabrielli, A. %D 2004 %I APS %J Physical Review Letters %K 2004 cnrbest5 coastal coastline erosion etching model myown percolation physics prl stochastic %N 9 %P 098501 %T Self-Stabilized Fractality of Seacoasts through Damped Erosion %U http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v93/e098501 %V 93 %X Erosion of rocky coasts spontaneously creates irregular seashores. But the geometrical irregularity, in turn, damps the sea waves, decreasing the average wave amplitude. There may then exist a mutual self-stabilization of the wave amplitude together with the irregular morphology of the coast. A simple model of such stabilization is studied. It leads, through a complex dynamics of the earth-sea interface, to the appearance of a stationary fractal seacoast with a dimension close to 4=3. Fractal geometry here plays the role of a morphological attractor directly related to percolation geometry.

@article{sapoval:098501, abstract = { Erosion of rocky coasts spontaneously creates irregular seashores. But the geometrical irregularity, in turn, damps the sea waves, decreasing the average wave amplitude. There may then exist a mutual self-stabilization of the wave amplitude together with the irregular morphology of the coast. A simple model of such stabilization is studied. It leads, through a complex dynamics of the earth-sea interface, to the appearance of a stationary fractal seacoast with a dimension close to 4=3. Fractal geometry here plays the role of a morphological attractor directly related to percolation geometry. }, added-at = {2006-10-17T20:17:55.000+0200}, author = {Sapoval, B. and Baldassarri, A. and Gabrielli, A.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/25dee47ed88d3095cd8850b80186811e2/andreab}, eid = {098501}, interhash = {cbc080d0c60a50abe1beeebd592cb531}, intrahash = {5dee47ed88d3095cd8850b80186811e2}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {2004 cnrbest5 coastal coastline erosion etching model myown percolation physics prl stochastic}, number = 9, numpages = {4}, pages = 098501, publisher = {APS}, timestamp = {2007-03-21T18:34:50.000+0100}, title = {Self-Stabilized Fractality of Seacoasts through Damped Erosion}, url = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v93/e098501}, volume = 93, year = 2004 }