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Development of a 2 Dimensional Numerical Landscape Evolution Model on a Geological Time Scale

2차원 지질시간 규모 수치지형발달모형의 개발

  • Byun, Jong-Min (Research Institute for Social Science, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Wook (Department of Geography Education, Seoul National University)
  • 변종민 (서울대학교 사회교육연구소) ;
  • 김종욱 (서울대학교 지리교육과)
  • Received : 2011.09.01
  • Accepted : 2011.12.19
  • Published : 2011.12.31
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Abstract

Advances in computer technology have enabled us to develop and use numerical landscape evolution models (NLEMs) for exploring the dynamics of geomorphic system from a variety of viewpoints which previously could have not been taken. However, as of yet there have been no trials using or developing NLEMs in Korea. The purpose of this research is to develop a 2 dimensional NLEM on a geological time scale and evaluate its usefulness. The newly developed NLEM (ND-NLEM) treats bedrock weathering as one of the major geomorphic processes and attempts to simulate the thickness of soil. As such it is possible to model the weathering-limited as well as the transport-limited environment on hillslopes. Moreover the ND-NLEM includes not only slow and continuous mass transport like soil creep, but also rapid and discrete mass transport like landslides. Bedrock incision is simulated in the ND-NLEM where fluvial transport capacity is large enough to move all channel bed loads, such that ND-NLEM can model the detachment-limited environment. Furthermore the ND-NLEM adopts the D-infinity algorithm when routing flows in the model domain, so it reduces distortion due to the use of the steepest descent slope flow direction algorithm. In the experiments to evaluate the usefulness of the ND-NLEM, characteristics of the channel network observed from the model results were similar to those of the case study area for comparison, and the hypsometry curve log during the experiment showed rational evidence of landscape evolution. Therefore, the ND-NLEM is shown to be useful for simulating landscape evolution on a geological time scale.

컴퓨터 기술의 발전으로 인해 근래 들어 수치지형발달모형을 개발하고 이를 이용하여 다양한 관점에서 지형발달과정의 역동성을 파악하기 위한 시도들이 활발하게 행해졌다. 하지만 국내에서는 수치지형발달모형을 활용하거나 개발하는 시도가 거의 없었다. 이에 본 연구에서는 2차원상에서 지질시간 규모의 지형발달을 모의하는 수치지형발달모형을 개발하고 이의 유용성을 확인해 보았다. 개발된 모형은 지표 구성물질을 기반암과 이동 가능한 토양으로 구분하고 토양층의 두께를 모의하기 위해 기반암 풍화를 포함한다. 이를 통해 사면에서는 운반제어환경뿐만이 아니라 풍화제어환경도 모의 가능하다. 또한 토양포행과 같은 사면에서의 점진적인 물질이동과는 별개로 활동(landslide) 역시 주요한 지형형성작용으로 포함한다. 그리고 하천 운반력이 하상물질의 양보다 큰 곳에서는 기반암 하상 침식이 발생하여 분리제어환경도 모의한다. 한편 무한 유향 알고리듬을 이용하여 흐름을 분배하기 때문에 최대하부 경사 유향 알고리듬을 이용할 때 나타나는 흐름 분배상의 문제점을 줄일 수 있다. 개발된 모형을 이용한 모의실험 결과, 본 모형은 지질시간 규모의 지형발달과정을 비교적 합리적으로 모의하였다.

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