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Arthur Newell Strahler (born February 20, 1918 in Kolhapur , India , † December 6, 2002 ) was an American hydrologist and professor of geosciences at Columbia University . In 1952 he developed a system for classifying river networks according to the amount of water in their tributaries ( flow ordinal number according to the radiator ).

Strahler was instrumental in shifting geomorphology from a descriptive and qualitative science to a calculative and quantitative one in the mid-20th century.

He is the namesake and first author of the standard textbook called "Strahler" for various aspects of physical geography .

Works

  • Dynamic basis of geomorphology . In: Geological Society of America Bulletin . tape 63 , 1952, pp. 923-938 .
  • Hypsometric (Area-Altitude) analysis of erosional topography . In: Bulletin of the Geological Society of America Volume = 63 . 1952, p. 1117-1142 .
  • Science and Earth History: The Evolution / Creation Controversy . John Wiley, New York 1987.
  • Alan H. Strahler , Arthur N. Strahler (1999): Physical geography . Translated u. edited v. Frank Ahnert, Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart-Hohenheim

literature

Bibliography

  1. ^ Alan H. Strahler, Arthur N. Strahler (1999): Physical geography. Translated u. edited v. Frank Ahnert, Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart-Hohenheim