Numerical simulation of self-organized stone stripes
- Author:
- Werner, B.T., Hallet, B.
- Title:
- Numerical simulation of self-organized stone stripes
- Periodical:
- Nature
- Year:
- 1993
- Volume:
- 361
- Pages:
- 142-145
- Subject:
- Geology Mauna Kea Sorted stripes
- Summary:
- To investigate the formative mechanisms for 'sorted stripes', we present two-dimensional computer simulations in which the displacement of surface stones is governed by the preferential growth of needle-ice in stone-free regions of soil during each freezing cycle. Regular patterns of stones and soil resembling natural stripes are found to emerge spontaneously from the model as a result of feedbacks between soil texture, ice growth and local slope.
- Label:
- Geology
- Collection:
- Periodicals