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A Computer-Assisted Method for Depositional Model Determination
Laboratoire de Mécanique et Modélisation, University of Thies, Thies, Senegal
Section of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
IFREMER, Department of Marine Geosciences, Brest, France
- 1 Laboratoire de Mécanique et Modélisation, University of Thies, Thies, Senegal
- 2 Section of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- 3 IFREMER, Department of Marine Geosciences, Brest, France
International Journal of Geosciences·Volume 05 (2014)·Pages 178–183·Published 25 February 2014·DOI10.4236/ijg.2014.52019
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Abstract
A software has been developed to overcome the difficulties related to depositional model determination in Geosciences. The implemented methods, Walker, Harper and Turk methods, based on Markov process and Markov chain analysis, have been used in a case study. The results of the analysis are consistent with previous works. The analysis shows also that the results are accurate and do not rely on the used method. Therefore, the obtained depositional sequence is suitable to build a depositional model on which reliable sequence stratigraphic studies can be based.
KeywordsDepositional ModelSequenceLogMarkov ChainTransition MatrixWalkerHarperTurkEl Garia Formation
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