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AAPG Bulletin; Year: 2020; Issue: May DOI: 10.1306/11111917396
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Figure 11. Protocol of quantitative sequence stratigraphy. The philosophy of this new method is to compare and match, through an iterative approach, apparent sequence stratigraphic parameters (ASSP) calculated from real and modeled carbonate sedimentary system (CSS). Actual accommodation (sea level and subsidence in 3-D) can be interpreted from ASSP extracted from the real CSS, considering all the uncertainties (compaction, bathymetry, time–thickness function). Several scenarios of carbonate production and transport, initial topography, and accommodation can be tested with the stratigraphic forward model. The ASSP calculated from the modeled stratigraphic grids and the real CSS can be compared. Sensitivity analysis of critical parameters impacting the sequence stratigraphic correlations of the real CSS can be performed.
Figure 11. Protocol of quantitative sequence stratigraphy. The philosophy of this new method is to compare and match, through an iterative approach, apparent sequence stratigraphic parameters (ASSP) calculated from real and modeled carbonate sedimentary system (CSS). Actual accommodation (sea level and subsidence in 3-D) can be interpreted from ASSP extracted from the real CSS, considering all the uncertainties (compaction, bathymetry, time–thickness function). Several scenarios of carbonate production and transport, initial topography, and accommodation can be tested with the stratigraphic forward model. The ASSP calculated from the modeled stratigraphic grids and the real CSS can be compared. Sensitivity analysis of critical parameters impacting the sequence stratigraphic correlations of the real CSS can be performed.