Spatial self-organization of marine agglutinated microbial carbonate build-ups: Insights from stratigraphic forward modelling using Stromatobyte3D

Modelling the coupled heterogeneities of the lacustrine microbialite-bearing carbonate reservoir of the Yacoraite Formation (Salta, Argentina)

“…A single PGS would not be sufficient to embed as many geological concepts and interpretations, spatial continuity and distribution. Some authors suggest the use of growth models [Curtis et al, 2021, Dupraz et al, 2006, Gallois et al, 2016, Johnson and Grotzinger, 2006, Kozlowski et al, 2014, Xi et al, 2022. However, the controlling factors of these processes are complex and difficult to infer from the simple sedimentary facies or depositional environments.…”

“…Several models focus on the growth of microbialite considering the interactions of intrinsic and extrinsic factors whether at intermediate scales, namely bed-or build-up scales by combining Diffusion Limited Aggregation (DLA) and Cellular Automata (CA) [Dupraz et al, 2006, Johnson and Grotzinger, 2006, Curtis et al, 2021 or at larger scales combined with stratigraphic models [Gallois et al, 2016, Kozlowski et al, 2014, Xi et al, 2022. Several authors [Arslan et al, 2008, Dirner and Steiner, 2015, Janson and Madriz, 2012, Jung et al, 2012 propose to combine Multiple Points Simulation (MPS) with field observations and digital outcrop techniques to create 3D models.…”