EuroSTRATAFORM: A Moving-Boundary Framework for the Formation of Strata on Continental Margins
Abstract
My overarching goal is the development of two- and three-dimensional, multiple-grain-size, moving-boundary, morphodynamic models of continental-margin sedimentation on relatively long time scales, i.e. 10(expn 4) 10(expn 5) years. Continental margins consist of multiple transport environments coupled at key internal boundaries, e.g. fluvial and shelf environments are coupled at the shoreline. A morphodynamic approach averages over characteristic events, e.g. floods and coastal storms, and represents the evolution of the sediment surface in each transport environment with a single differential equation. On long time scales, the positions of the internal boundaries and the transport environments they bound are dependent variables that must be determined as part of the solution to the coupled morphodynamic equations, thereby rendering continental-margin sedimentation a complicated moving-boundary problem.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA627724
Entities
People
- John B. Swenson
Organizations
- University of Minnesota Duluth