Articles | Volume 13, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-875-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-875-2025
Research article
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15 Sep 2025
Research article |  | 15 Sep 2025

Grain size dynamics using a new planform model – Part 1: GravelScape description and validation

Amanda Lily Wild, Jean Braun, Alexander C. Whittaker, and Sebastien Castelltort

Data sets

fastscape-lem/GravelScape Amanda Wild et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15641112

Model code and software

fastscape-lem/GravelScape Amanda Wild et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15641112

fastscape-lem/fastscape: Release v0.1.0 (0.1.0) B. Bovy and R. Lange https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8375653

jeanbraun, anne-glerum, \& sebastianwolf: fastscape-lem/fastscapelib-fortran: Release v2.8 (v2.8.4) B. Bovy https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8392416

Interactive computing environment

fastscape-lem/GravelScape Amanda Wild et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15641112

Video supplement

Grain size dynamics using a new planform model Amanda Wild https://doi.org/10.5446/70575

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Short summary
Sediments deposited within river channels form the stratigraphic record, which has been used to interpret tectonic events, basin subsidence, and changes in precipitation long after ancient mountain chains have eroded away. Our work combines methods for estimating gravel fining with a landscape evolution model in order to analyze the grain size preserved within the stratigraphic record with greater complexity (e.g. considering topography and channel dynamics) than past approaches.
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