Articles | Volume 6, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-563-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-563-2018
Research article
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17 Jul 2018
Research article |  | 17 Jul 2018

A lattice grain model of hillslope evolution

Gregory E. Tucker, Scott W. McCoy, and Daniel E. J. Hobley

Model code and software

Landlab Landlab Development Team https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.154179

Video supplement

GrainHill cellular hillslope model: GIF animations of hillslope evolution G. E. Tucker https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.6720476

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Short summary
This article presents a new technique for computer simulation of slope forms. The method provides a way to study how events that disturb soil or turn rock into soil add up over time to produce landforms. The model represents a cross section of a hypothetical landform as a lattice of cells, each of which may represent air, soil, or rock. Despite its simplicity, the model does a good job of simulating a range of common of natural slope forms.