Sorting out natural stone stripes
- Author:
- Anderson, Robert S.
- Title:
- Sorting out natural stone stripes
- Periodical:
- Nature
- Year:
- 1993
- Volume:
- 361
- Pages:
- 117
- Subject:
- Geology Mauna Kea Rocks Mauna Kea Sorted stripes
- Summary:
- B. T. Werner and B. Hallet used computer cellular automata to model the development of sorted stripes of stones near the summit of Mauna Kea that produce the most striking patterns in arctic and alpine landscapes -- patterns that were entirely self-organized and not produced via an external template.
- Label:
- Geology
- Date:
- 1993
- Collection:
- Periodicals