Model:CarboCAT

CarboCAT

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Model type	Single
Model part of larger framework
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Spatial dimensions
Spatial extent
Model domain	Carbonates and Biogenics
One-line model description	Carbonate cellular automatacyclicity
Extended model description	CarboCAT uses a cellular automata to model horizontal and vertical distributions of carbonate lithofacies

Keywords:	carbonate lithofacy, cellular automatacyclicity,

Name	Peter 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
Country	Netherlands
Email address	p.burgess@es.rhul.ac.uk
Phone	+(31) 610 97 3376
Fax

Supported platforms	Windows
Other platform
Programming language	Matlab
Other program language
Code optimized
Multiple processors implemented
Nr of distributed processors
Nr of shared processors
Start year development	2008
Does model development still take place?	Yes
If above answer is no, provide end year model development
Code development status	Active
When did you indicate the 'code development status'?	2020
Model availability	As code
Source code availability (Or provide future intension)	Through CSDMS repository
Source web address
Source csdms web address	https://github.com/csdms-contrib/carbocat
Program license type	GPL v2
Program license type other
Memory requirements
Typical run time	5 minutes

Describe input parameters	Production and subsidence rates, cellular automata rules (number of seed neighbours etc), sea-level history
Input format	ASCII
Other input format
Describe output parameters	Chronostrat plots, maps, cross-sections, lithofacies thickness distributions
Output format	ASCII
Other output format
Pre-processing software needed?	No
Describe pre-processing software
Post-processing software needed?	Yes
Describe post-processing software	Yes, Matlab routines
Visualization software needed?	Yes
If above answer is yes	Matlab
Other visualization software

Describe processes represented by the model	Subsidence Depth dependent carbonate production Lithofacies spatial distribution based on number of neighoubrs of same facies type
Describe key physical parameters and equations	Subsidence rates Production rates CA rules, number of seed neighbours etc
Describe length scale and resolution constraints	No intrinsic constraints
Describe time scale and resolution constraints	Short time steps required for accuracy of production rate calculation
Describe any numerical limitations and issues	--

Describe available calibration data sets
Upload calibration data sets if available:
Describe available test data sets	Burgess (2008)
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Describe ideal data for testing	Carbonate lithofacies thickness distributions

Do you have current or future plans for collaborating with other researchers?	--

Is there a manual available?	No
Upload manual if available:
Model website if any
Model forum / discussion board

Comments	--

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OpenMI compliant	No but possible
BMI compliant	No but possible
WMT component	No but possible
PyMT component
Is this a data component

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Model info

Authors

Peter Burgess

Source code

View in CSDMS GitHub repository

Model citations

Nr. of publications:	7
Total citations:	39
h-index:	4
m-quotient:	0.31

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Introduction

History

Development of the model began in 2005 as an Excel Visual Basic programme. Conversion to Matlab started in 2008. Downloadable version here is still a prototype and requires further testing. Development is ongoing, mostly focussed on development of sediment transport algorithms.

References

Nr. of publications:	7
Total citations:	39
h-index:	4
m-quotient:	0.31

Featured publication(s)	Year	Model described	Type of Reference	Citations
Burgess, Peter M.; 2013. CarboCAT: A cellular automata model of heterogeneous carbonate strata. Computers & Geosciences, 53, 129–140. 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.08.026 (View/edit entry)	2013	CarboCAT	Model overview	22
Masiero, Isabella; Kozlowski, Estanislao; Antonatos, Georgios; Xi, Haiwei; Burgess, Peter; 2020. Numerical stratigraphic forward models as conceptual knowledge repositories and experimental tools: An example using a new enhanced version of CarboCAT. Computers & Geosciences, 138, 104453. 10.1016/j.cageo.2020.104453 (View/edit entry)	2020	CarboCAT	Model overview	4
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Issues

Help

Contact p.burgess@rhul.ac.uk

Input Files

The main input file defines parameter values and filenames of several secondary input files. A parameter file example.txt and ll the other files indicated in example.txt are given with the source code and the GUI is set to load this parameter file as a default setting.

Output Files