Collaborative Research: Three-Dimensional Quantitative Modeling of Progradational Systems; Application to the Neocomian Barrow Delta, Northwest Australia

二维地层模型是有限的，因为它们假设所有沉积物都穿过边缘运输，并且无法捕获大多数地质系统固有的 3D 变化性。 因此，二维模型无法模拟沉积物的沿岸输送和定义低位体系域的重叠表面的形成。 跨边缘和沿边缘的传输和沉积也受到平流和扩散过程的控制。 为探索性研究提供小额赠款，以便 IS 能够验证澳大利亚生物地层学作为巴罗三角洲系统中高分辨率相关工具的可行性，并尝试使用基于地震反射和岩石和生物地层数据的模型预测来模拟巴罗内的斜层包。

Two-dimensional stratigraphic models are limited since they assume that all sediment is transported across the margin and fail to capture the inherent 3D variability of most geological systems. 2-D models therefore cannot simulate alongshore transport of sediments and formation of an onlap surface that defines the lowstand systems tract. Across and along margin transport and deposition is also controlled by advection and diffusion processes. Funds are provided for a small grant for exploratory research so that the Is can verify the viability of the Australian biostratigraphy as a high resolution correlation tool in the Barrow Delta system and to attempt to model a clinoform package within the Barrow with model predictions based on seismic reflection and litho- and biostratigraphic data.