EuroSTRATAFORM Numerical Modeling Study of Shelf Stratigraphy and Sedimentation

Abstract

The scientific objective of the work is to develop a quantitative understanding of the processes that control the formation of marine stratigraphy over time scales ranging from decades to millennia. This work is based on the creation and application of a series of advanced numerical models representing the dynamics of marine sediment transport, sediment accumulation, morphological change and feedback between the evolving sea floor and the hydrodynamic forcing. Field data are used to both force the models and to verify their results. The models are used to diagnose complex systems and as predictive tools.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2004
Accession Number
ADA613886

Entities

People

  • Alan W. Niedoroda
  • Christopher W. Reed
  • Himangshu Das
  • Joseph Donoghue
  • Marcel J. Stive
  • Sergio Fagherazzi
  • Zheng B. Wang

Organizations

  • URS Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adriatic Sea
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Coastal Management
  • Complex Systems
  • Continental Shelves
  • Dynamics
  • Engineering
  • Flow Fields
  • Information Systems
  • Oceanography
  • Seabed
  • Sedimentation
  • Sediments
  • Suspended Sediments
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography