Computerized Modeling of Sedimentary Systems

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Lagrangian Modelling Techniques Simulating Wave and Sediment Dynamics Determining Sand-Body Equilibria....Pages 3-21
Modeling Sediment Resuspension in Coastal Areas....Pages 23-35
Model Simulation of Temporal Variability of Suspended Matter in the North Sea....Pages 37-62
Icebergs in the North Atlantic: Modelling Circulation Changes and Glacio-Marine Deposition....Pages 63-78
Numerical Study of Glacial and Meltwater Global Ocean Thermohaline Conveyor....Pages 79-113
SEDLOB and PATLOB: Two Numerical Tools for Modeling Climatically-Forced Sediment and Water Volume Transport in Large Ocean Basins....Pages 115-147
Digital Database of Modern Evaporites and their Predicted Distribution Based on Results from an Atmospheric General Circulation Model Simulation....Pages 149-167
A Coupled Physical-Chemical-Biological Model for the Western Baltic....Pages 169-181
Field and Numerical Studies of Near-Bed Aggregate Dynamics....Pages 183-207
Possibilities of Cause-and-Effect Simulation in the Study of System Climate-Ocean-Sediments....Pages 209-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Climate Cycles and Climate Transitions as a Response to Astronomical and CO 2 Forcings....Pages 223-245
Milankovitch Cycles and Sequences: Two Different Stratigraphic Tools....Pages 247-261
Scaling and the Palaeogeographical Distribution of Stratigraphic Events....Pages 263-273
Quantitative Stratigraphy of Sedimentary Sequences: A Case Study of the Middle Ordovician Event....Pages 275-287
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
Use of Sedimentary Simulations for Dating Sequence Boundaries and Measuring the Size of Eustatic Sea Level Changes: an Example from the Neogene of the Bahamas....Pages 291-306
High-Resolution Forward Stratigraphic Modeling of Ca2-Carbonate Platforms and Off-Platform Highs (Upper Permian, Northern Germany)....Pages 307-339
Validation of Sediment Accumulation Regions in Kansas, USA....Pages 341-360
Methods Used in a Mass-Balance Study of Holocene Sediment Accumulation on the Southern North Sea Coast of Germany....Pages 361-374
Sedimentological Control Parameters and Compaction — a Complex Model of Porosity Distribution in Holocene Muds of the Arkona Basin (Western Baltic)....Pages 375-387
Classification of Compositional Data Using Mixture Models: a Case Study Using Granulometric Data....Pages 389-400
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
Statistical Analysis of Dispersion and Geochemical Patterns of Sedimentary System in Northern Shelf of the South China Sea....Pages 401-412
Computerized Modeling of Rock-Varnish Dating....Pages 413-426
Risk, Uncertainty and Priorities — Quantitative Models....Pages 427-452