[CIG-LONG] Erosion in Gale

[Walter Landry]

"atyl0789 at uni.sydney.edu.au" <atyl0789 at uni.sydney.edu.au> wrote:
> G'day Walter,
> 
> I've just started using the diffusive erosion plugin
> (SurfaceProcess) for Gale in my models and I was just wondering
> whether you might be able to give me a better idea of how it
> operates. When applying the diffusive operator, what actually
> happens to the 'eroded' particles? Are they transported and diffused
> to lower lying regions? In my model this appears to be the case, but
> there is a good chance that I am imagining things due to wishful
> thinking. Any clarification would be great :)

The particles are not moved.  Rather, the heights are modified, and
particles are created and destroyed.

Cheers,
Walter Landry
walter at geodynamics.org