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Modeler information
First name Peter
Last name Burgess
Type of contact Model developer
Institute / Organization Shell International E&P
Postal address 1
Postal address 2
Town / City Rijswijk
Postal code 2288 GS
State NO STATE
Country The Netherlands
Email address p.burgess@es.rhul.ac.uk
Phone +(31) 610 97 3376
Fax


Model identity
Model type Single
Spatial dimensions 2D, 3D
Spatial extent
Model domain
One-line model description A 2D/3D model of carbonate cyclicity
Extended model description A 2D or 3D model of carbonate sediment production and transport that generates high-frequency platform top auto and allocycles as well as various aspects of large scale platform geomtry


Model technical information
Supported platforms Unix, Linux
Other platform
Programming language C
Other program language
Code optimized
Start year development 1998
Does model development still take place? No
If above answer is no, provide end year model development 2005
Model availability As code
Source code availability
(Or provide future intension)
Through owner
Source web address
Program license type Other
Program license type other --
OpenMI compliant No but possible
CCA component No but possible
IRF interface No but possible
Memory requirements Variable
Typical run time Minutes to hours


Input - Output description
Describe input parameters Various text files defining initial conditions and parameter values
Input format ASCII
Other input format
Describe output parameters A 3D cube of model strata coded by water depth of deposition and thickness transported versus thickness deposited in-situ per time step
Output format ASCII
Other output format
Pre-processing software needed? No
Describe pre-processing software
Post-processing software needed? Yes
Describe post-processing software GMT routines or Matlab
Visualization software needed? Yes
If above answer is yes Matlab
Other visualization software GMT


Process description model
Describe processes represented by the model Subsidence and uplift

Eustatic oscillations Water depth dependent in-situ carbonate production Spatial variations in sediment production rate Depth dependent sediment transport Diffusional sediment transport

Describe key physical parameters and equations See Burgess et al. (2001), Basin Research
Describe length scale and resolution constraints 10s to 100s km length scale
Describe time scale and resolution constraints Internal time step years to decades

Model chron resolution 1000 years Total run time 1-10 My

Describe any numerical limitations and issues Diffusion and other sediment transport routines require short time steps


Model testing
Describe available calibration data sets Any outcrop data showing (or purporting to show) cyclical platform interior strata
Upload calibration data sets if available:
Describe available test data sets --
Upload test data sets if available:
Describe ideal data for testing --


Users groups model
Do you have current or future plans for collaborating with other researchers? No, but open to suggestions


Documentation model
Provide key papers on model if any Papers:
  • Burgess, P.M., Wright, V.P. & Emery, D. (2001) Numerical forward modelling of a peritidal carbonate parasequence development: implications for outcrop interpretation. Basin Research, 13, p.1-16.
  • Burgess, P.M. (2001) Modelling Carbonate Sequence Development without Relative Sea Level Oscillations, Geology, vol. 29, p. 1127-1130.
  • Barnett, A.J., Burgess, P.M., and Wright, V.P. (2002), Icehouse world sea-level behaviour and resulting stratal patterns in late Visean (Mississippian) carbonate platforms: integration of numerical forward modelling and outcrop studies, Basin Research, v.14, p.417-438.
  • Burgess, P.M., and Wright, V.P, (2003) Numerical forward modelling of carbonate platform dynamics: An evaluation of complexity and completeness, Journal of Sedimentary research, v.73, p.637-652.
  • Burgess, P.M., and Emery, D. (2005), Sensitive dependence, divergence and unpredictable behaviour in a stratigraphic forward model of a carbonate system, in Curtis, A., and Wood, R. (eds.) Geological prior information: informing science and engineering, Geological Society, London, Special Publication 239, p.77-94.
  • Burgess, P.M., 2006, The signal and the noise: forward modeling of allocyclic and autocyclic processes influencing peritidal carbonate stacking patterns, Journal of Sedimentary Research; v. 76; no. 7; p. 962-977.
Is there a manual available? No
Upload manual if available:
Model website if any
Model forum / discussion board


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