Statistical analysis of forward stratigraphic models in complex salt provinces: The central Scotian Basin case study

4D forward stratigraphic modelling of the Late Quaternary Congo deep-sea fan: Role of climate/vegetation coupling in architectural evolution

“…This module provides the opportunity to launch a "multi-realisation simulation" to test the effects of the variations of the input parameters in response surface modelling (RSM, e.g. Gervais et al, 2017 ;Hawie et al, 2019;Sangster et al, 2019). Then, Monte-Carlo sampling of the RSM can be performed to determine a probabilistic distribution of the responses of the models.…”

“…With this objective, recent studies have moved toward forward modelling; more specifically, slope-and water-driven diffusion process-based simulations have already shown their usefulness in investigating sedimentary transfers in continental shelf and deep-water systems using short computation times (Kaufman et al, 1991;Granjeon and Joseph, 1999;Steckler et al, 1999;Rabineau et al, 2005;Lai and Capart, 2007;Mitchell and Huthnance, 2008;Alzaga-Ruiz et al, 2009;Csato et al, 2013;Seard et al, 2013;Gvirtzman et al, 2014;Leroux et al, 2014;Deville et al, 2015). However, investigations of the architecture of turbidite systems on abyssal plains using diffusion models at a "source-to-sink" scale are very recent (Deville et al, 2015;Hawie et al, 2018;Burgress et al, 2019;Hawie et al, 2019;Sangster et al, 2019) and need to be enriched and confirmed by additional studies.…”