COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Evaluation of Tectonic and Eustatic Effects on Development of Stratal Patterns in a Foreland Basin: Cretaceous Blackhawk Formation

作为该项目的一部分进行的研究将提供 前陆盆地演化的详细资料。 在 前陆盆地，海平面变化，逆冲推覆变化 沉积物供给的变化影响沉积过程。 收集详细的现场数据并进行数值模拟 前陆盆地演化过程中的活动将有助于 限制了对腹地和盆地发展的解释。 我们 了解构造、地壳运动和 目前，沉积作用对于这些复杂的环境是有限的。 将理论模型应用于详细的数据集将 提供重要信息，可用于未来 前陆盆地地层模式解释 场数据 将在上白垩纪黑鹰中采集 形成，并将重点放在地层记录， 违反国家和法律的事件。 时间相对较短 间隔建模（580，000年）将本研究与 前陆盆地的数值模拟研究。

Research conducted as part of this project will supply detailed information about the evolution of foreland basins. In foreland basins, sea level change, variations in thrust propagation and changes in sediment supply influence depositional processes. Collection of detailed field data coupled with numerical modeling of the processes active during foreland basin evolution will help constrain interpretations of hinterland and basin development. Our understanding of the interaction of tectonics, eustasy and sedimentation is currently limited for these complex environments. The application of theoretical modeling to a detailed data set will provide important information which can be used for future interpretation of stratal patterns in foreland basins. Field data for this study will be collected in the Upper Cretaceous Blackhawk Formation, and will focus on the stratigraphic record of progradational and transgressive events. The relatively short time interval modeled (580,000 years) distinguishes this study from previous numerical modeling studies of foreland basins.