Model:Detrital Thermochron

Detrital Thermochron

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Model type	Tool
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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
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Code optimized	Single Processor
Multiple processors implemented
Nr of distributed processors
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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/
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Program license type	BSD or MIT X11
Program license type other
Memory requirements
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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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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 reference(s)	Open Access Status	Year	Type of Reference	Cited
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, 305385–395. 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.03.020	closed	2011	a module overview describing a module	48