Prediction of co-seismic soil slope instability with finite element methods

Rapid Caspian Sea-level change and its impact on Iranian coasts

The Late Pleistocene and Holocene evolution as well as recent developments of the southern coast of the Caspian Sea have been studied using remote sensing and core data. This thesis focuses firstly on recent shoreline shifts during the last rapid sea-level cycle between 1929 and 1995, with an amplitude of three meters. Secondly, it shows a...

Mass-balanced stratigraphy: Data-model comparison within a closed sedimentary system (Adriatic Sea, Italy)

Multi-scale simulation of fluvio-deltaic and shallow marine stratigraphy

SimClast is a basin-scale 3D stratigraphic model, which allows several interacting sedimentary environments. We developed it from 2004 to 2008 at Delft University of Technology and implemented part of the Meijer (2002) code for accounting, loading and storing algorithms. SimClast is a fully plan view 2D, depth-averaged model, allowing the...

Numerical modeling of fluvial sediment supply to marine basins

Process-based modelling of turbidity-current hydrodynamics and sedimentation

The production potential of deep-water reservoirs is primarily determined by rock bulk volume, porosity and permeability. Quantification of the geometry and spatial distribution of reservoir sands in deep-water deposits can provide crucial information to assess sand body volume, connectivity and the distribution of permeability baffles. This...

The impact of changes in sediment supply and sea-level on fluvio-deltaic stratigraphy

Studies in stratigraphy are often driven by the predicted climate change and possible gains for the oil and gas industry. Because, at present predictions of the development of future deltaic architecture are insufficient. This thesis addresses the problem of qualitative and quantitative understanding of sedimentary systems in two stages. In the...

Hyperspectral remote sensing and mud volcanism in Azerbaijan

The fact that Azerbaijan mud volcanoes are closely associated with oil and gas makes their study and identification of the physical and chemical properties of insitu mud volcano surfaces important. Although the composition of in-situ mud volcano surfaces can be highly variable, it usually corresponds directly to the presence of hydrocarbons, and...

Controls on shallow-marine stratigraphy; a process-response approach

This thesis is concerned with the interface between land and sea. The interaction of coastal evolution and the sedimentary record, in this case of a wave-dominated coastal system, over geological timescales (< 105 y) is investigated in relation to their forcing parameters such as relative sea-level change, sediment supply, and wave climate. The...

Process-response simulation of fluvio-deltaic stratigraphy

Integrated analyses of granite-gneiss terrain from field and multisource remotely sensed data - A case study from the Canadian Shield

Imaging Spectrometry for Hydrocarbon Microseepage

Coal fires in Northwest China; detection, monitoring, and prediction using remote sensing data