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🏜 Layered Canyon Explorer: Stream-Power Incision, Knickpoint Retreat and Caprock Hoodoos - 2D Map, Section and Profile

Interactive layered canyon: a river cuts through limestone, shale and sandstone under the stream-power law; base-level drops send knickpoints upstream while hard caprock and soft shale produce benches, cliffs and buttes. 2D map, cross-section and long profile with the same engine as the 3D page.

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Layered Canyon Explorer: Stream-Power Incision, Knickpoint Retreat and Caprock Hoodoos - 2D Map, Section and Profile ↗ Open standalone
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Interactive layered canyon: a river cuts through limestone, shale and sandstone under the stream-power law; base-level drops send knickpoints upstream while hard caprock and soft shale produce benches, cliffs and buttes. 2D map, cross-section and long profile with the same engine as the 3D page.

Stream Power LawKnickpointDifferential ErosionCanyonGeomorphology

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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