Model:Detrital Thermochron

Detrital Thermochron

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Model type	Tool
Model part of larger framework

Incorporated models or components:

Spatial dimensions
Spatial extent	Watershed-Scale
Model domain	Terrestrial
One-line model description	Code for estimating long-term exhumation histories and spatial patterns of short-term erosion from the detrital thermochronometric data.
Extended model description	Code for estimating long-term exhumation histories and spatial patterns of short-term erosion from the detrital thermochronometric data.

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Supported platforms	Unix, Linux, Mac OS, Windows
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Programming language	Python
Other program language
Code optimized	Single Processor
Multiple processors implemented
Nr of distributed processors
Nr of shared processors
Start year development	2010
Does model development still take place?	Yes
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Code development status
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Model availability	As code
Source code availability (Or provide future intension)	Through web repository
Source web address	http://code.google.com/p/thermochron/
Source csdms web address
Program license type	BSD or MIT X11
Program license type other
Memory requirements
Typical run time

Describe input parameters	Watershed hypsometry and detrital ages
Input format	ASCII
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Describe output parameters	Estimates of the erosional history and spatial patterns and model diagnostic plots.
Output format
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Pre-processing software needed?	No
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Post-processing software needed?	No
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Visualization software needed?	No
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Describe processes represented by the model	Watershed erosion
Describe key physical parameters and equations
Describe length scale and resolution constraints
Describe time scale and resolution constraints	1. Sediment transport time through a catchment 2. Exhumation time from a depth of a thermochronometric closure isotherm to the surface
Describe any numerical limitations and issues

Describe available calibration data sets
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Describe available test data sets	[[Describe available test data::Two catchments from the eastern Sierra Nevada (Inyo and Lone Pine) from [Stock et al., 2006]]]
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Describe ideal data for testing

Do you have current or future plans for collaborating with other researchers?

Is there a manual available?	No
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Model website if any	http://code.google.com/p/thermochron/
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Authors

Boris Avdeev

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Featured publication(s)	Year	Model described	Type of Reference	Citations
Avdeev, Boris; Niemi, Nathan A.; Clark, Marin K.; 2011. Doing more with less: Bayesian estimation of erosion models with detrital thermochronometric data. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 305, 385–395. 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.03.020 (View/edit entry)	2011	Detrital Thermochron	Model overview	29
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