Abstract
Preservation of sediments as a function of their geologic age can be described by stochastic models for the following cases: 1) fixed sediment mass with constant probabilities of erosion and preservation; 2) fixed sediment mass with erosion and preservation probabilities that vary with geologic age; and 3) growing sediment mass with constant probabilities of erosion, preservation, and removal from the sedimentary cycle. A general characteristic of the stochastic models is that for any mass-age distribution of sediments when the mass decreased with an increasing geologic age, there always exist sets of preservation and erosion probablities that describe the process of sediment aging.-from Authors
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 573-590 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Journal of Geology |
Volume | 91 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 1983 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geology