A lattice grain model of hillslope evolution

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

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-563-2018

Articles | Volume 6, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-563-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-563-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 3

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

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RC1: 'Review', Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, 14 Mar 2018
RC2: 'innovative and clever approach for hillslope simulation with some surprising results', Joshua Roering, 09 Apr 2018
AC1: 'author response to reviewer comments', Gregory Tucker, 21 May 2018

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AR by Gregory Tucker on behalf of the Authors (21 May 2018) Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (21 Jun 2018) by Greg Hancock

ED: Publish as is (22 Jun 2018) by Tom Coulthard (Editor)

AR by Gregory Tucker on behalf of the Authors (28 Jun 2018)

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.