Eikonal Equation Reproduces Natural Landscapes With Threshold Hillslopes

Abstract Many natural landscapes maintain steep planar hillslopes bounded at a typical angle, beyond which shallow landslides or slope failures remove the excess sediment volume by mass wasting. Here we show that the celebrated eikonal equation, derived from a landscape evolution model in conditions...

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Published in:	Geophysical Research Letters
Main Authors:	Shashank Kumar Anand, Matteo B. Bertagni, Arvind Singh, Amilcare Porporato
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2023-11-01
Subjects:	threshold hillslope eikonal equation landscape evolution model slope area relation landslide erosion debris flow
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105710