Cedric Griffiths

StrataMod Pty Ltd.

Forward Stratigraphic Modeling (FSM) simulates the physical, chemical and biological processes that are responsible for stratal architecture over time scales from seconds to millions of years and spatial resolutions from centimetres to kilometres. The ouput from these models are in a form that can be used to produce pseudo/synthetic seismic volumes and potential-field volumes.

This technology can help refine inverse seismic and potential-field models to match not only mass, magnetization and velocity constraints, but environments of deposition and stratal properties below field measurement resolution.

Exploration geophysicists can rapidly develop quantitative multiple working hypotheses of basin fill, porosity and permeability and the response of depositional systems to future climate change.

This workshop will focus on hands-on use of the SedsimX FSM software, and the workflow needed to develop and test depositional and stratigraphic understanding at a variety of scales. Theoretical foundations will be included but there will be an emphasis on using FSM programs in real-world settings so that their capabilities and limitations are well understood. A range of practical applications will be demonstrated and discussed.

The latest trial version of SedsimX and other software used in the course will be available to participants upon completion of the workshop together with exercises and test data sets.

This workshop will provide participants with hands-on experience using advanced predictive FSM software, and its links to geophysical inverse modeling.