Abstract

MONTOYA MONSALVE, Juan José. Historical framework and state of art of landscape evolution and erosion models. Rev. ing. univ. Medellín [online]. 2009, vol.8, n.15, suppl.1, pp.47-57. ISSN 1692-3324.

This articles presents an analysis of the historical framework of landscape evolution models, specifically erosion models: it also refers to the current state of the art from which critical analysis derive the fundamental aspects which should be taken into account in the formulation of an erosion model in catchment scale. The theme is introduced with a brief review of the evolution of knowledge of landscape evolution models, which provide the overall framework of erosion models. From this analysis, basic questions to be addressed by an erosion model arise. Later, analysis of the historical development of erosion models is made; It also summarizes the main characteristics of the current erosion models and lists potentialities and limitations of erosion models. This paper corresponds to a literature review aimed at defining the theoretical framework of a research project entitled "Development of an Erosion, Transport and Sedimentation Conceptual Model."

Keywords : erosion models; geomorphic models; landscape evolution models; geomorphology.

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