Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2002/00357
Evaluating the potential for using Cellular Automaton models to reconstruct temporal patterns of sediment supply resulting from environmental change.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor T Quine, University of Exeter, Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor A Nicholas, University of Exeter, Geography
- Grant held at:
- University of Exeter, Geography
- Science Area:
- Freshwater
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Freshwater
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Earth Surface Processes
- Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
- Hydrological Processes
- Geohazards
- Abstract:
- This project will employ a Cellular Automaton model to provide a quantitative framework for reconstructing past sediment production based on contemporary landforms and evidence for landform change. The approach involves the simulation of alluvial fan formation under a range of sediment supply scenarios and comparison of the simulated fan morphology with fan characteristics derived in the field and by OSL and air-photo based dating. Comparison will address: first, the issue of equifinality, by identifying the ability of different morphological parameters and methods of analysis to discriminate between output associated with differing boundary conditions; and, second, the relative likelihood that different boundary condition scenarios are responsible for contemporary fan morphology, by analysing model output within an uncertainty framework.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2002/00357
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £30,874
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs |
|---|---|
| £5,178 | £25,697 |
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