Formulate predictive and diagnostic models on how sedimentary processes create strata, and contribute to the stratigraphic record. Of special concern are capturing the important rare events affecting strata formation (e.g., slides, floods) that are often difficult to observe but can control the stratigraphic development of a margin. The cumulative impact of these rare events can be predicted th...

A collection of computer programs to generate time series based on de®ned stochastic processes is presented. The programs can be used to simulate and analyse stratigraphic successions. A program for the graphical representation of up to 10 time series makes this package self-contained. The programs are intended as an introduction to stratigraphic time series analysis and should be useful in the...

Two different conceptual models underlie the application of sequence stratigraphy by Exxon stratigraphers and later researchers. One, the global sea-level model (GSM), relates to presumed sea-level behaviour through time; the other, the sequence stratigraphic model (SSM), relates to the stratigraphic record produced during a single cycle of sea-level change. Though the two models are inter-rela...

Passive continental margin subsidence is initiated by the synrift mechanical stretching of the lithospheric upper brittle layer and continues during the postrift phase; the thermal cooling and contraction of the upwelled asthenosphere forces the margin to subside in addition to the overloads from sea water and sediments. Therefore, the total subsidence in stretched basins includes faultcontroll...

Triangulated irregular networks (TIN) in landscape evolution models have the advantage of representing geologic processes that involve a horizontal component, such as faulting and river meandering, due to their adaptive remeshing capability of moving, adding and deleting nodes. However, the moving node feature is difficult to integrate with the accumulation of a three-dimensional (3D) subsurfac...

Magmatic and stratigraphic settings exert a first order control on the formation of various mineral deposit types. Some sating are rich in mineral wealth while others are barren. Stratigraphic setting is of particular importance where stratif&m or stratabound minerill deposits are concerned x orebodies are commonly restricted to specific stratigraphic intervals. For example. within the area bou...

The complexity of stratigraphic architecture makes the geological modeling over-reliance on labor, this means more timeconsuming and inefficiency. It is a difficult problem in using only borehole data in engineering survey for computerized automatic modeling to quickly establish the stratigraphic model. We joined connectivity criteria, as well as virtual drilling method, using an improved “laye...

Recent studies suggest a marked expansion of glacial ice across much of Gondwana beginning in the earliest Permian. Because expansion of glacial ice results in a lowering of sea level, the imprint of ice expansion should be evident worldwide as significant exposure event, hiatuses, or other evidence for sea level drop at or near the Pennsylvanian–Permian boundary. This literature review investi...

The top of the Gething Formation is one of the more important formational picks routinely performed by the oil and gas industry during their exploratory and development drilling as this horizon is very c:on-tinuous through northeastern British Columbia and much of northern Alberta. The name Bluesky is given to the rock unit which occupies this stratigraphic level, namely a sandstone-conglomerat...

Many versions of the history of Americanist archaeology suggest there was a "stratigraphic revolution" during the second decade of the twentieth century—the implication being that prior to about 1915 most archaeologists did not excavate stratigraphically. However, articles and reports published during the late nineteenth century and first decade of the twentieth century indicate clearly that ma...