Boris Gailleton

Geomorphologist, numerical modeler

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Publications

Research output grouped by peer-reviewed papers, conference contributions, software releases, and outreach.

The list below mirrors the categories I report in annual activity summaries. Peer-reviewed publications (including discussion papers and openly shared preprints) come first, followed by conference abstracts, released toolchains, and public-facing communication.

Scientific papers, discussion manuscripts & preprints

  • 2025 — Yang, C.-J., Turowski, J. M., Gailleton, B., Tseng, C.-W., Tseng, C.-M., Chuang, R. Y., & Chao, C.-M. (2025). Badland distribution as a marker of rapid tectonic activity. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 15912. Nature Publishing Group, London.
  • 2025 — Malatesta, L. C., Sueoka, S., Weiss, N.-M., Gailleton, B., Tsukamoto, S., Ishimura, D., Takahashi, N., Nishimura, T., Kataoka, K., & Komatsu, T. (2025). Earthquake faults recorded in the near-shore bathymetry of Japan’s back-arc. EarthArXiv preprint.
  • 2024 — Gailleton, B., Steer, P., Davy, P., Schwanghart, W., & Bernard, T. (2024). GraphFlood 1.0: an efficient algorithm to approximate 2D hydrodynamics for landscape evolution models. Earth Surface Dynamics, 12(6), 1295–1313. Copernicus Publications.
  • 2024 — Ruiz Sánchez-Oro, M., Mudd, S. M., & Gailleton, B. (2024). Using disorder metrics to distinguish discharge-driven from drainage area-driven incision and quantify deviations in channel steepness. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129(9), e2023JF007553.
  • 2024 — Tzathas, P., Gailleton, B., Steer, P., & Cordonnier, G. (2024). Physically based analytical erosion for fast terrain generation. Computer Graphics Forum (Eurographics), 43(2), e15033.
  • 2024 — Graf, E. L. S., Sinclair, H. D., Attal, M., Gailleton, B., Adhikari, B. R., & Baral, B. R. (2024). Geomorphological and hydrological controls on sediment export in earthquake-affected catchments in the Nepal Himalaya. Earth Surface Dynamics, 12(1), 135–161.
  • 2024 — Gailleton, B., Malatesta, L. C., Cordonnier, G., & Braun, J. (2024). CHONK 1.0: landscape evolution framework—cellular automata meets graph theory. Geoscientific Model Development, 17(1), 71–90.
  • 2024 — Oryan, B., Olive, J.-A. L., Malatesta, L. C., Jolivet, R., & Gailleton, B. (2024). Megathrust locking encoded in subduction landscapes. Science Advances, 10(17), eadl4286.
  • 2024 — Oryan, B., Gailleton, B., Olive, J.-A. L., Malatesta, L. C., & Jolivet, R. (2024). Inferring long-term tectonic uplift patterns from Bayesian inversion of fluvially-incised landscapes. EarthArXiv preprint.
  • 2023 — Aminov, J., Dupont-Nivet, G., Ruiz, D., Gailleton, B., & co-authors (2023). Paleogeographic reconstructions using QGIS: Introducing Terra Antiqua plugin and its application to 30 and 50 Ma maps. Earth-Science Reviews, 240, 104401. Elsevier.
  • 2023 — Gailleton, B., Malatesta, L. C., Cordonnier, G., Braun, J., & Bovy, B. (2023). CHONK 1.0: landscape evolution framework: cellular automata meets graph theory. EGUsphere Discussion, 1–31. Copernicus Publications.
  • 2023 — Graf, E. L. S., Sinclair, H. D., Attal, M., Gailleton, B., Adhikari, B. R., & Baral, B. R. (2023). Geomorphological and hydrological controls on sediment export in earthquake-affected catchments in the Nepal Himalaya. EGUsphere Discussion, 1–41. Copernicus Publications.
  • 2022 — Shobe, C. M., Braun, J., Yuan, X., Campforts, B., Gailleton, B., Baby, G., Guillocheau, F., & Robin, C. (2022). Inverting passive margin stratigraphy for marine sediment transport dynamics over geologic time. Basin Research, 34(6), 2111–2134.
  • 2021 — Bernard, T., Sinclair, H. D., Gailleton, B., & Fox, M. (2021). Formation of longitudinal river valleys and the fixing of drainage divides in response to exhumation of crystalline basement. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(8), e2020GL092210.
  • 2021 — Gailleton, B., Sinclair, H. D., Mudd, S. M., Graf, E. L. S., & Mațenco, L. C. (2021). Isolating lithologic versus tectonic signals of river profiles to test orogenic models for the Eastern and Southeastern Carpathians. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126(8), e2020JF005970.
  • 2021 — Gailleton, B., Mudd, S. M., Clubb, F. J., Grieve, S. W. D., & Hurst, M. D. (2021). Impact of changing concavity indices on channel steepness and divide migration metrics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126(10), e2020JF006060.
  • 2021 — Harries, R. M., Gailleton, B., Kirstein, L. A., Attal, M., Whittaker, A. C., & Mudd, S. M. (2021). Impact of climate on landscape form, sediment transfer and the sedimentary record. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 46(5), 990–1006.
  • 2020 — Biescas, E., Mudd, S., Cooksley, G., Ruiz Sánchez-Oro, M., Goodwin, G., & Gailleton, B. (2020). Dynamic landslide failure prediction model using remote sensing data. Polaris Innovation Journal, 43, 5–10.
  • 2020 — van der Wal, J. L. N., Nottebaum, V. C., Gailleton, B., Stauch, G., Weismüller, C., Batkhishig, O., Lehmkuhl, F., & Reicherter, K. (2020). Morphotectonics of the northern Bogd fault and implications for uplift rates in southern Mongolia. Geomorphology, 367, 107330.
  • 2019 — Bernard, T., Sinclair, H. D., Gailleton, B., Mudd, S. M., & Ford, M. (2019). Lithological control on the post-orogenic topography and erosion history of the Pyrenees. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 518, 53–66.
  • 2019 — Gailleton, B., Mudd, S. M., Clubb, F. J., Peifer, D., & Hurst, M. D. (2019). A segmentation approach for the reproducible extraction and quantification of knickpoints from river long profiles. Earth Surface Dynamics, 7(1), 211–230.
  • 2018 — Mudd, S. M., Clubb, F. J., Gailleton, B., & Hurst, M. D. (2018). How concave are river channels? Earth Surface Dynamics, 6(2), 505–523.

Conferences & abstracts (selection)

  • 2025 — Nativ, R., Steer, P., Guerit, L., Davy, P., Gailleton, B., Leroy, P., Godard, V., Cattin, R., & Lague, D. (EGU25-5794). Inverting the friction coefficient of heterogeneous riverbeds using 2D hydraulic simulations and fluvial topo-bathymetric LiDAR data. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2025.
  • 2025 — Malatesta, L. C., Sueoka, S., Weiss, N.-M., Gailleton, B., Tsukamoto, S., Ishimura, D., Takahashi, N., Nishimura, T., Kataoka, K., & Komatsu, T. (EGU25-11196). Active faults and coastal landscapes in the back arc of Central Japan, lessons from the Mw 7.5 Noto earthquake. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2025.
  • 2025 — Kearney, W., Schwanghart, W., Lamprecht, A.-L., Scherler, D., Bringezu, T., Bartha, D., & Gailleton, B. (EGU25-8678). TopoToolbox 3—A laboratory for topographic analysis. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2025.
  • 2024 — Gailleton, B., Steer, P., Davy, P., Schwanghart, W., & Bernard, T. (2024). Exploring fluvial morphodynamics through scales. EGU General Assembly abstract 15452.
  • 2024 — Olive, J.-A. L., Oryan, B., Gailleton, B., Malatesta, L. C., & Jolivet, R. (AGU EP21C-09). Inferring spatially variable rock uplift from fluvially-incised landscapes: a Bayesian inversion framework in χ-space.
  • 2024 — Oryan, B., Olive, J.-A. L., Jolivet, R., Malatesta, L. C., Gailleton, B., & Bruhat, L. (AGU T13D-02). Subduction sculpting when megathrusts sleep: how interseismic deformation encodes forearc plate locking.
  • 2024 — Malatesta, L. C., Weiss, N.-M., Sueoka, S., Ishimura, D., Gailleton, B., Takahashi, N., Nishimura, T., Kataoka, K., & Komatsu, T. (AGU EP21C-03). The 2024 Mw 7.5 Noto Peninsula earthquake illuminates a past shift in tectonic plate boundaries across Central Japan.
  • 2024 — Oryan, B., Gailleton, B., Olive, J.-A. L., Malatesta, L. C., & Jolivet, R. (AGU T55A-02). Spatial patterns of long-term forearc uplift inferred from river profiles, and their comparison with short-term deformation.
  • 2023 — Steer, P., Gailleton, B., Davy, P., & Lague, D. (RST 2023). Développement d’un nouveau modèle numérique de dynamique des paysages pour étudier l’impact des évènements extrêmes sur la dynamique des reliefs.
  • 2023 — Gailleton, B., Steer, P., Davy, P., Schwanghart, W., & Bernard, T. (RST 2023). GraphFlood: un algorithme efficace pour simuler l’hydrodynamisme dans les modèles d’évolution de paysages.
  • 2023 — Ruiz Sánchez-Oro, M., Mudd, S. M., & Gailleton, B. (EGU23-6003). Determining the correct river incision mechanism under different climatic and lithological conditions using disorder metrics.
  • 2023 — Gailleton, B., Steer, P., Davy, P., Schwanghart, W., & Bernard, T. (EGU23-3421). GraphFlood: a fast stationary solution for 2D hydrodynamics in landscape evolution models.
  • 2023 — Dupont-Nivet, G., Aminov, J., Ruiz, D., van der Linden, T., Gailleton, B., & colleagues (EGU23-14003). New tools on Terra Antiqua 2.0 applied to reconstructing the paleogeography of the India-Asia collision.
  • 2023 — Gailleton, B., Malatesta, L., Braun, J., Cordonnier, G., & Bovy, B. (EGU23-9392). Dynamic modelling framework to track sediment provenance and solve lakes in long-term landscape evolution models.
  • 2022 — Oryan, B., Olive, J.-A. L., Malatesta, L. C., Gailleton, B., & Jolivet, R. (AGU T55A-02). Spatial patterns of long-term forearc uplift inferred from river profiles.
  • 2022 — Voigtländer, A., Turowski, J. M., & Gailleton, B. (EGU22-1724). Stressed landscape evolution.
  • 2022 — Gailleton, B., Malatesta, L., Cordonnier, G., Braun, J., & Bovy, B. (EGU22-3594). (Un)predictability of sediment pathways in the transport sections of source-to-sink systems.
  • 2022 — Shobe, C., Braun, J., Yuan, X., Campforts, B., Gailleton, B., Baby, G., Guillocheau, F., & Robin, C. (GSA Abstracts 54, 376675). Into the Abyss: passive margin stratigraphy reveals seascape evolution processes.
  • 2021 — Gailleton, B., Sinclair, H. D., Mudd, S. M., Graf, E. L. S., & Matenco, L. (RST, 27ᵉ édition). Unravelling present-day tectonics from channel steepness in a lithologically complex landscape.
  • 2021 — Gailleton, B., Malatesta, L., Braun, J., Cordonnier, G., & Bovy, B. (EGU21-9392). Dynamic modelling framework to track sediment provenance and solve lakes in long-term landscape evolution models.
  • 2020 — Gailleton, B., Malatesta, L. C., Braun, J., & Cordonnier, G. (AGU EP036-0013). Lagrangian framework to simulate landscapes with local sinks and independently solved fluxes of water, sediment, and tracers.
  • 2020 — Olive, J.-A. L., Malatesta, L. C., & Gailleton, B. (AGU EP032-06). Quantifying the efficiency of river erosion in up-warped fault blocks and its tectonic implications.
  • 2020 — Harries, R., Kirstein, L., Whittaker, A., Attal, M., Gailleton, B., & Mudd, S. (EGU GA 2020-22349). Linking source to stratigraphy through sediment transport: the role of spatially variable climate.
  • 2020 — Gailleton, B., Mudd, S., Clubb, F., Hurst, M., & Grieve, S. (Copernicus Meetings). Importance of concavity for interpreting rates and patterns of landscape evolution from river profiles.
  • 2019 — Clubb, F. J., Mudd, S. M., Grieve, S. W. D., Hurst, M. D., Gailleton, B., Milodowski, D. T., Valters, D. A., & Goodwin, G. (AGU EP53F-2216). LSDTopoTools: open-source software for topographic analysis.
  • 2019 — Gailleton, B., Sinclair, H., Mudd, S., & Matenco, L. (Geophysical Research Abstracts 21). Tectonic versus lithologic controls on river channel gradients.
  • 2018 — Gailleton, B., Sinclair, H., & Mudd, S. (EGU 2018-8835). Differential post-orogenic topography along the Romanian Carpathians.
  • 2017 — Gailleton, B., Sinclair, H., Mudd, S., & Attal, M. (EGU 2017-5216). Topographic analysis across the active to post-orogenic decaying Carpathian mountain range.
  • 2017 — Gailleton, B., Mudd, S. M., & Clubb, F. J. (AGU EP53B-1704). Automated detection of knickpoints and knickzones across transient landscapes.

Research software releases

  • 2022 — Mudd, S. M., Clubb, F., Grieve, S., Milodowski, D., Gailleton, B., Hurst, M., Valters, D., Wickert, A., & Hutton, E. (2022). LSDTopoTools2 v0.7 (Zenodo / GitHub release).
  • 2022 — Mudd, S. M., Clubb, F., Grieve, S., Milodowski, D., Gailleton, B., Hurst, M., Valters, D., Wickert, A., & Hutton, E. (2022). LSDTopoTools2 v0.5 (Zenodo / GitHub release).
  • 2021 — Bovy, B., McBain, G. D., Gailleton, B., & Lange, R. (2021). benbovy/xarray-simlab v0.5.0 (Zenodo DOI: 10.x, open-source release).
  • 2019 — Mudd, S. M., Clubb, F. J., Grieve, S. W. D., Milodowski, D. T., Hurst, M. D., Gailleton, B., & Valters, D. A. (2019). LSDTopoTools2 (Zenodo [code], DOI:10.5281/zenodo.3265171).
  • 2018 — Mudd, S. M., Clubb, F. J., Grieve, S. W. D., Milodowski, D. T., Hurst, M. D., Gailleton, B., Valters, D. A., & Wickert, A. (2018). The LSDTopo-Tools χ Mapping Package (Version 1.11) (Zenodo release).

Press & communications

  • 2022 — van der Wal, J. L. N., Nottebaum, V., Stauch, G., Gailleton, B., Binnie, S., Tully, J., Batkhishig, O., Lehmkuhl, F., & Reicherter, K. (2022). Hidden Tectonics: Finding faults in (seemingly) climate-controlled landscapes. Exhibition booklet, Universitätsbibliothek der RWTH Aachen.
  • 2021 — Ott, R. F., Gailleton, B., Malatesta, L. C., Becker, L., & Braun, J. (2021). Stabilität über eine Million Jahre. System Erde, 11(2), 36–41. Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ.
  • 2021 — Dussot, D., & Gomez de Soto, J. (2021). Une enclume de l’âge du Bronze à Fontanières (Creuse). Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, 118(2), 391–392.
  • 2018 — Gailleton, B. (2018). Interactive comment on “A segmentation approach for the reproducible extraction and quantification of knickpoints from river long profiles”. Copernicus Interactive Discussions.
  • 2020 — Gailleton, B. (2020). Disentangling composite forcings on river channel steepness in heterogeneous landscapes. Doctoral thesis, The University of Edinburgh (open access).
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