Model:SIMSAFADIM
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SIMSAFADIM
Introduction
History
Papers
SIMSAFADIM Questionnaire
Contact Information
| Model: | SIMSAFADIM |
| Contact person: | Klaus Bitzer |
| Institute: | University Bayreuth |
| City: | Bayreuth |
| Country: | Germany |
| Email: | klaus.bitzer@uni-bayreuth.de |
| 2nd person involved: | Ramon Salas |
| 3rd person involved: | Oscar Gratacos |
Model description
| Model type: | Single model for the coastal and marine domain. |
| Description: | Finite element process based simulation model for fluid flow, clastic, carbonate and evaporate sedimentation. |
Technical information
| Supported platforms: | Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows |
| Programming language: | Fortran77 |
| Model was developed started from: | 2000 and development still takes place |
| To what degree will the model become available: | As code |
| Current license type: | -- |
| Memory requirements: | -- |
| Typical run time: | -- |
Input / Output description
| Input parameters: | initial basin configuration, boundary conditions for fluid flow and sediment input, conditions for carbonate producing organisms, sea level changes, temporal changes in boundary conditions |
| Input format: | ASCII |
| Output parameters: | temporal/spatial distribution of sediment types and fluid flow conditions, stratigraphic architecture of deposit |
| Output format: | ASCII |
| Post-processing software (if needed): | yes, Fortran code that translates output data in PS-files for visualisation with Ghostview etc. |
| Visualization software (if needed): | yes, Ghostview |
Process description
| Processes represented by model: | fluid flow (2D potential flow), clastic sediment transport and deposition, carbonate deposition and transport, evaporate deposition, sea level change and coastline movement |
| Key physical parameters & equations: | 2D fluid flow potential, 2D dispersive/diffusive/advective transport, Lotka/Volterra polulation dynamics equations for carbonate producing organisms, deposition calculation based on equations of settling rates |
| Length scale & resolution constraints: | -- |
| Time scale & resolution constraints: | -- |
| Numerical limitations and issues : | -- |
Testing
| Available calibration data sets: | -- |
| Available test data sets: | -- |
| Ideal data for testing: | -- |
User groups
| Currently or plans for collaborating with: | -- |
Documentation
| Key papers of the model: | Bitzer, K. & Salas, R.: SIMSAFADIM (2002): 3D simulation of stratigraphic architecture and facies distribution modeling of carbonate sediments.- Computers & Geosciences, 28, p. 1177-1192. |
| Is there a manual available: | No |
| Model website if any: | -- |
Additional comments
| Comments: | code not yet finished, further processes need to be incorporated (erosion, terrestrial conditions), manual needs still to be written |
