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Kinematic subsidence modelling of the Lower Rhine Basin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

T. Jentzsch  and
A. Siehl
T. Jentzsch
Affiliation:
Geologisches Institut, Bonn University, Nußallee 8, 53115 Bonn, Germany
A. Siehl*
Affiliation:
Geologisches Institut, Bonn University, Nußallee 8, 53115 Bonn, Germany
*
1Corresponding Author: Agemar Siehl, ([email protected])

Abstract

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Kinematic geological models can greatly enhance our understanding of the interaction and timing of processes involved in the formation of sedimentary basins. The prototype tool for the calculation and visualisation of such models presented here is aimed at studying subsidence rates and patterns at basin scale: A backstripping algorithm is applied to a geometrical 3D-model consisting of prismatic volumes, constructed from an initial set of stacked triangulated surfaces. As a result, we obtain a collection of palinspastically restored volumes for each timestep of basin evolution. The backstripped volumes of each layer are then arranged within a timescene, and the set of timescenes collected as a hierarchical timetree. By interpolating between succeeding key-frames, the subsidence history of the basin can be viewed as an interactive, continuous animation. The approach is illustrated using a high-resolution dataset from the German part of the Cenozoic Lower Rhine Basin.

Keywords

3D-backstrippinganimationkey-frame interpolationsubsidence modelling
Type
Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 81 , Special Issue 2: Rift tectonics and syngenetic sedimentation - the Cenozoic Lower Rhine Basin and related structures , August 2002 , pp. 231 - 239
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2002

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