Inkpen, RobHall, Kevin John2016-08-112016-05Inkpen, R & Hall, K 2016, 'Using morphospaces to understand tafoni development', Geomorphology, vol. 261, pp. 47-67.0169-555X (print)1872-695X (online)10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.03.003http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56258Tafoni research has tended to focus on issues around definition and differences rather than trying to develop general concepts for understanding the nature of tafoni. This paper uses the concepts of fitness landscapes and morphospaces to develop a standardized and dimensionless phase space within which to represent, visualize and analyze a dataset of 800 tafoni collected from Antarctica. Within this phase space it is possible to identify clustering of tafoni forms and to illustrate how tafoni development is constrained by a relational hierarchy of rock structure, processes and geometry or form.en© 2016 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Geomorphology. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Geomorphology, vol. 261, pp. 47-67, 2016. doi : 10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.03.003.TafoniDevelopmentFitness landscapesMorphospacesPostprint Article