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Model links patterns in sediment to rain, uplift and sea level change – techtoday19

The source-to-sink model illustrating elevation (left) and erosion/deposition (right). Credit: Jinyu Zhang/ The University of Texas at Austin. Forces that shape the Earth’s surface are recorded in a number of natural records, from tree rings to cave formation…

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Forces that shape the Earth’s surface are recorded in a number of natural records, from tree rings to cave formations.
In a recent study, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin show that another natural recordsediments packed together at basin marginsoffers scientists a powerful tool for understanding the forces that shaped our planet over millions of years, with implications on present day understanding
The study was published in the journal Geology and uses a computer model to co…

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