Tadpole

MIT landscape evolution model

Tadpole is a simple landscape evolution model that runs in MATLAB. The current version will run in 64-bit Mac OS X or Windows. To get started, copy one of the scripts from the Tadpole/examples directory into Tadpole/ and run it from there.

If you use Tadpole for work that results in a publication, please acknowledge Tadpole in the text and cite one or more of the following papers, as appropriate:

Perron, J.T., W.E. Dietrich and J.W. Kirchner (2008), Controls on the spacing of first-order valleys. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, F04016, doi: 10.1029/2007JF000977.

Perron, J.T., J.W. Kirchner and W.E. Dietrich (2009), Formation of evenly spaced ridges and valleys. Nature, 460, 502–505, doi: 10.1038/nature08174.

Perron, J.T., P.W. Richardson, K.L. Ferrier, and M. Lapôtre (2012), The root of branching river networks. Nature, 492, 100–103, doi: 10.1038/nature11672.

Richardson, P.W., Perron, J.T., Miller, S.R., & Kirchner, J.W. (in review), Modeling the formation of topographic asymmetry by aspect-dependent erosional processes and lateral channel migration. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface.

Richardson, P.W., Perron, J.T., Miller, S.R., & Kirchner, J.W. (in review), Unraveling the mysteries of asymmetric topography at Gabilan Mesa, California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface.

Thanks!