Modelling method for creating a model simulating the multilithological filling of a sedimentary basin

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Modeling method for creating a diffusive type 2D or 3D model, simulating the multilithological filling of a sedimentary basin over geological periods. -The model is based on numerical simulation of the evolution of a sedimentary basin from the past to the present, in a series of time steps. For each time step three major phenomena interact and are numerically modelled: the deformation of the basin the addition of sediments and the movement of these sediments in the deformed basin. To model the movement of the sediments the permanent, long-term movement (creep process slow diffusion, etc.), short-term movement (caused by rain and flood waters) and catastrophic movements (specifically …