Computerized Modeling of Sedimentary Systems

Computerized modeling is a powerful tool to describe the complex interrelations between measured data and the dynamics of sedimentary systems. Complex interaction of environmental factors with natural variations and increasing anthropogenic intervention is reflected in the sedimentary record at varying scales. The understanding of these processes gives way to the reconstruction of the past and is a key to the prediction of future trends. Especially in cases where observations are limited and/or expensive, computer simulations may substitute for the lack of data. State-of-the-art research work requires a thorough knowledge of processes at the interfaces between atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere, and is therefore an interdisciplinary approach.

Preface
List of Contributors

Topic A : Climatic, Oceanographic and Biological Forcing of Sedimentary Systems
Chapter 1. : Lagrangian Modeling Techniques Simulating Wave and Sediment Dynamics Determining Sand-Body Equilibria
Chapter 2. : Modeling Sediment Resuspension in Coastal Areas
Chapter 3. : Model Simulation of Temporal Variability of Suspended Matter in the North Sea
Chapter 4. : Icebergs in the North Atlantic: Modeling Circulation Changes and Glacio-Marine Deposition
Chapter 5. : Numerical Study of Glacial and Meltwater Global Ocean Thermohaline Conveyor
Chapter 6. : SEDLOB and PATLOB: Two Numerical Tools for Modeling Climatically Forced Sediment and Water Volume Transport in Large Ocean Basins
Chapter 7. : Digital Data Base of Modern Evaporites and Their Predicted Distribution Based on Results from an Atmospheric General Circulation Model Simulation
Chapter 8. : A Coupled Physical-Chemical Model for the Western Baltic
Chapter 9. : Field and Numerical Studies of Near-Bed Aggregate Dynamics
Chapter 10. : Possibilities of Cause-and-Effect Simulation in the Study of the System Climate-Ocean-Sediments

Topic B : Trends and Periodicity in the Sedimentary Record as a Response to Environmental Changes
Chapter 11. : Climate Cycles and Climate Transitions as a Response to Astronomical and CO2 Forcings
Chapter 12. : Milankovitch Cycles and Sequences: Two Different Stratigraphic Tools
Chapter 13. : Scaling and the Paleogeographical Distribution of Stratigraphic Events
Chapter 14. : Quantitative Stratigraphy of Sedimentary Sequences

Topic C : Space-Time Models of Basin Fill
Chapter 15. : Use of Sedimentary Simulations for Dating Sequence Boundaries and Measuring the Size of Eustatic Sea-Level Changes: an Example from the Neogene of the Behamas
Chapter 16. : High-Resolution Forward Stratigraphic Modeling of Ca2-Carbonate Platforms and Off-Platform Highs (Upper Permian, Northern Germany)
Chapter 17. : Validation of Sediment Accumulation Regions in Kansas, USA
Chapter 18. : Methods Used in a Mass-Balance Study of Holocene Sediment Accumulation on the Southern North Sea Coast of Germany
Chapter 19. : Sedimentological Control Parameters and Compaction - a Complex Model of Porosity Distribution in Holocene Muds of the Arkona Basin (Western Baltic)
Chapter 20. : Classification of Compositioinal Data Using Mixture Models: a Case Study Using Granulometric Data
Chapter 21. : Statistical Analysis of Dispersion and Geochemical Patterns of Sedimentary System in the Northern Shelf of the South China Sea
Chapter 22. : Computerized Modeling of Rock-Varnish Dating
Chapter 23. : Risk, Uncertainty and Priorities - Quantitative Models