Investigating controls on carbonate platform geometry using forward modelling, outcrop and synthetic seismic studies

Williams, Huw Davies 2010. Investigating controls on carbonate platform geometry using forward modelling, outcrop and synthetic seismic studies. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

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Abstract

Outcrop and laboratory analysis of the South Wales carbonate ramp validated the model hypothesis that a high rate of sediment transport is likely a dominant control on the development of a low gradient carbonate geometry. Several other ramp examples are also shown to portray diagnostic features similar to the South Wales ramp example, implying significant magnitudes of sediment transport in each case and further supporting the hypothesis that ramps are transport-dominated systems.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Status:	Unpublished
Schools:	Schools > Earth and Environmental Sciences
Funders:	SHELL
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	03 Nov 2025 16:33
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/54148

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