Concepts of «model» and «modelling» in geomorphology

Abstract

The author considers the current .usage of terms «model» and «modeling» («simulation») in geomorphological studies. The terms are analyzed in comparison with the notion of «experiment». An attempt is made to give more general definition of the terns «model», «n1odelling», «experiment» which would cover the whole span of the methods application to geomorphology, while preventing them from becoming terms of free usage.