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f An Experimental Study of the Effect of Subsidence and Water Supply on Fluvial Architecture
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 64th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, May 2002, cp-5-00071
Abstract
1005 AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF SUBSIDENCE AND WATER SUPPLY ON FLUVIAL ARCHITECTURE 1 NIKKI STRONG 1 BENJAMIN A. SHEETS 1 THOMAS A. HICKSON 2 and CHRIS PAOLA 3 1 St Anthony Falls Laboratory University of Minnesota Minneapolis MN 55414 USA 2 St. Anthony Falls Laboratory University of Minnesota 3 Department of Geology & Geophysics University of Minnesota The Experimental EarthscapeFacility (XES) at St. Anthony Falls Laboratory of the University of Minnesota is a 6 meter by 13 meter by 1.3 meter deep basin with a programmable subsiding floor. We used this system to model a braided fluvial-deltaic
