Numerical Modelling of Alluvial Deposits: Recent Developments

Analogue and Numerical Modelling of Sedimentary Systems: From Understanding to Prediction

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 97-138

  Bridge, John ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial deposits; Depositional scales; Numerical models; Process based versus stochastic models

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; DEPOSITIONAL SCALES; FUNDAMENTAL EQUATIONS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PROCESS-BASED; PROCESS-BASED MODELLING; RESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

EID: 84892431253     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444303131.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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