Version 1.0.0
Initial public release
This release marks the first public version of the Stromatolite Growth Modelling project.
The project explores the emergence of stromatolite-like structures through the interaction of microbial growth, sediment deposition and environmental processes. Rather than reproducing a specific fossil, the model provides a computational framework for investigating how layered structures can arise from relatively simple biological and environmental rules.
Features
- Biological growth model
- Sediment deposition and burial
- Layer-by-layer stromatolite development
- Environmental forcing
- Seasonal light cycle
- Annual temperature variation
- Variable sediment supply
- Stochastic burial events
- Water-depth-dependent light attenuation
- Animated model outputs
- Configurable model parameters for experimentation
Repository
This initial release includes:
- Source code
- Example notebooks
- Project documentation
- Example outputs
- GitHub Wiki (under development)
Looking Ahead
Future development is expected to explore more sophisticated environmental interactions, additional biological processes, higher-dimensional growth models and comparisons with fossil morphologies as the project evolves.
This release establishes the core modelling framework on which future development will build.