Arthur Newell Strahler

Arthur Newell spotlights ( born February 20, 1918 in Kolhapur, India; † 6 December 2002) was an American hydrologist and professor of earth sciences at Columbia University. 1952, he developed a system for classification of river networks, according to the amount of water its tributaries ( river atomic number on lamp ).

Radiator was contributor to the shift of the geomorphology of a descriptive and qualitative science to a quantitative computed and in the middle of the 20th century.

He's namesake and author of the " spotlight " called standard textbook for various aspects of physical geography.

Works

  • Dynamic basis of geomorphology. In: Geological Society of America Bulletin. 63, 1952, pp. 923 - 938
  • Hypsometric (area -altitude ) analysis of erosional topography. In: Bulletin of the Geological Society of America Band = 63 1952, pp. 1117-1142.
  • Science and Earth History: The Evolution / Creation Controversy. John Wiley, New York 1987.
  • Alan H. spotlights, radiator Arthur N. (1999): Physical Geography. Translated and edited by Frank Ahnert, Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart -Hohenheim
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