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Carbonate and mixed carbonate clastic sedimentation create a variety of facies types which reflect the population dynamics of carbonate-producing organisms and environmental conditions, under which carbonate sedimentation takes place. In this contribution a simulation model of carbonate and mixed carbonate—clastic sedimentation is presented that considers the population dynamics of the carbonate producing organisms and defines their evolution by simple ecological systems. These systems are represented mathematically by predator—prey models and include a variety of effects such as poisoning of carbonate-producing organisms under the presence of lime mud or clastic sediments and depth-dependent growth functions. In order to test the conceptual model, we apply data from the Lower Cretaceous Mola de Xert carbonate platform (Province Castellón, Spain). The simulated facies succession shows a good fit with the observed facies and demonstrates that predator—prey models can be adapted and calibrated to natural carbonate sequences. The model then is extended to two dimensions in space and tested for effects of sea-level changes on the geometrical and facial evolution of a carbonate deposit, applying data from the Mola de Xert carbonate platform.
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Bitzer, K., Salas, R. (2001). Simulating Carbonate and Mixed Carbonate-Clastic Sedimentation using Predator-Prey Models. In: Merriam, D.F., Davis, J.C. (eds) Geologic Modeling and Simulation. Computer Applications in the Earth Sciences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1359-9_10
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