3D forward modelling of the impact of sediment transport and base level cycles on continental margins and incised valleys - From Depositional Systems to Sedimentary Successions on the Norwegian Continental Margin - page 463

3) T = 154 ka - Maximum sea-level fall of the fast cycle 6) T = 320 ka - The end of the simulation

Mature network

320 ka Filling of the upper catchment area

High plateaus

300

Widespread fluvial plain

Deep incised valley

Large delta

256 ka Shelf-edge delta

200

162 ka
132 ka

154 ka

100

78 ka

5) T = 256 ka - Maximum sea-level rise of
a superimposed cycle

2) T = 132 ka - Maximum sea-level rise at the end of the slow cycle

Mature network

0 -200

Sea-level (m)

-100

More mature network

High plateaus

High plateaus

Filling of the incised valley
Large delta

Widespread fluvial plain

Fluvial
Channel
(w.d. < 0, s.t. > 0)

1 < Q < 10 m 3 /s
10 < Q < 100
Q > 100 m 3 /s

-5 m

0 (Shoreline)

50 m

4) T = 162 ka - Maximum sea-level rise at
the end of the fast cycle

100 m

1) T = 78 ka - Maximum sea-level fall of the slow cycle

200 m

500 m

Youthful network Mature network

High plateaus

High plateaus

Basement
(s.t. = 0)

Widespread fluvial plain

Small incised valley

w.d.: water depth [m], s.t.: sediment thickness [m]
Q: water discharge [m 3 /s]

Large delta

Fig. 6. Analysis of the evolution of sedimentary environments in response to sea-level cycles in the case of the source-to-sink model.