Collabortive Research: Three-Dimensional Quantitative Modeling of Progradational Systems: Application to the Neocomian Barrow Delta, Northwest Australia (SGER)

二维地层模型是有限的，因为它们假设所有的沉积物都是通过边缘运输的，并且不能捕捉大多数地质系统固有的三维变异性。因此，二维模型不能模拟沉积物的沿岸移动和确定低洼系统域的上覆面形成。横过和沿边缘的运输和沉积也受平流和扩散过程的控制。为探索性研究提供了一笔小额赠款，以便研究人员能够验证澳大利亚生物地层学在巴罗三角洲系统中作为高分辨率对比工具的可行性，并尝试通过基于地震反射和岩性和生物地层学数据的模型预测来模拟巴罗三角洲内的斜形包。

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.