Process stratigraphy: from numerical simulation to lithology prediction

Doctoral thesis (2020)

Authors

P. Karamitopoulos Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk - CEG , Applied Geology - CEG
Research Group
Applied Geology (CEG) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2020 P. Karamitopoulos
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https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:1a21c6a6-0412-4ea1-b8b4-c1c84c19d68e
Chronosome Avulsions Bifurcation intensity Depositional connectivity Process-based geological modelling
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Published Date

2020

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Geoscience and Engineering

Research Group

Applied Geology

Abstract

Process-based stratigraphic models provide attractive tools to simulate sedimentary system dynamics spanning a wide range of spatial and temporal scales and segments of the sediment routing system while allowing full access to the model responses, i.e. the spatial distribution of lithologies as a function of the intervening processes and environmental conditions at the time of deposition. Apart from improving our understanding regarding the evolution of sedimentary systems under pre-specified allogenic forcing mechanisms and intrinsic dynamics, process-based stratigraphic models can be used to improve basin-fill history reconstructions and increase the geological credibility of static reservoir models by integrating regional information to local-scale heterogeneities. The realism and predictive power of the model responses and geological model realizations may be quantitatively assessed by comparison with the geophysical/geological data available.