Diagenesis models

There is of course a trade-off between the level of rigorosity of the diagenesis model and the computational cost (as well as the number of required input parameters). A qualitatively correct model is often sufficient for the purpose of porous/multiphase media reconstruction a rigorous diagenesis model is required if the results are to be used, e.g., for process optimization. 

We shall see, though, that the environment does not yield totally to simple models of chemical equilibrium and chemical kinetics, and laboratory determined constants often cannot explain the field observations. For example, organic matter degradation rate constants determined from modeling are so variable that there are essentially no constraints on these values from laboratory experiments. In addition, reaction rates of CaCOa and opal dissolution determined from modeling pore waters usually cannot be reproduced in laboratory experiments of these reactions. The inability to mechanistically understand reaction kinetics calculated from diagenesis models is an important uncertainty in the field today. 

Figure 2 The eumulative fraction of carbon burial and the respiration pathways as a function of depth in the oeean derived from the global diagenesis model of Archer et al. (2002) (after Archer et aL, 2002).

Early diagenesis models of elements near the sediment-water interface of China s seas are discussed in chapter 6. The elements include P, Si, S, N, F, Cl, Br, and I. Vertical fluxes of biogenic elements, rare and rare-earth elements, and major elements are described in chapter 7. The elemental biogeochemical processes were systematically studied, which are a key problem in oceanographic research into global climate changes and the frontiers of oceanographic research in the world. 

At the development planning stage, a reservoir mode/will have been constructed and used to determine the optimum method of recovering the hydrocarbons from the reservoir. The criteria for the optimum solution will most likely have been based on profitability and safety. The model Is Initially based upon a limited data set (perhaps a seismic survey, and say five exploration and appraisal wells) and will therefore be an approximation of the true description of the field. As development drilling and production commence, further data is collected and used to update both the geological model (the description of the structure, environment of deposition, diagenesis and fluid distribution) and the reservoir model (the description of the reservoir under dynamic conditions). 

Wang, Y. and Cerling, T.E. 1994 A model for fossil tooth and bone diagenesis implications for paleodiet reconstruction from stable isotopes. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 107 596-606. 

Modeling Protein Diagenesis in Ancient Bone Towards a Validation of Stable Isotope Data... 

What does modeling protein diagenesis mean The ultimate goal would be the full imderstanding of biochemical processes, but the probability... 

Unquestionably, there are limitations to such a procedure, and because calculations for two specimens failed, they lead to an even higher deviation from the control signal. These limits have to be defined by future work. The model experiment is only an approach to collagen diagenesis in buried bone. In nature, more than one bacterial species feeds from bone protein, and a... 

Once the radionuclides reach the sediments they are subject to several processes, prime among them being sedimentation, mixing, radioactive decay and production, and chemical diagenesis. This makes the distribution profiles of radionuclides observed in the sediment column a residuum of these multiple processes, rather than a reflection of their delivery pattern to the ocean floor. Therefore, the application of these nuclides as chrono-metric tracers of sedimentary processes requires a knowledge of the processes affecting their distribution and their relationship with time. Mathematical models describing some of these processes and their effects on the radionuclide profiles have been reviewed recently [8,9,10] and hence are not discussed in detail here. However, for the sake of completeness they are presented briefly below. 

As a first example, we consider the diagenesis of clastic sandstones in the Gippsland basin, southeastern Australia, basing our model on the work of Harrison (1990). The Gippsland basin is the major offshore petroleum province in Australia. Oil production is from the Latrobe group, a fluvial to shallow marine sequence of Late Cretaceous to early Eocence age that partly fills a Mesozoic rift valley. 

Baccar, M. B. and B. Fritz, 1993, Geochemical modelling of sandstone diagenesis and its consequences on the evolution of porosity. Applied Geochemistry 8, 285-295. 

Katsev, S., etal. 2007. Effect of progressive oxygen depletion on sediment diagenesis and fluxes A model for the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary. Limnology and Oceanography, 52, 2555-2568. 

FIGURE 3.6 Point-bar geologic model showing the influence of a sequence of rock textures and structures in a reservoir consisting of a single point-bar deposit on horizontal permeability, excluding effects of diagenesis. (Modified after Ebanks, 1987.)... 

The geochemical fate of most reactive substances (trace metals, pollutants) is controlled by the reaction of solutes with solid surfaces. Simple chemical models for the residence time of reactive elements in oceans, lakes, sediment, and soil systems are based on the partitioning of chemical species between the aqueous solution and the particle surface. The rates of processes involved in precipitation (heterogeneous nucleation, crystal growth) and dissolution of mineral phases, of importance in the weathering of rocks, in the formation of soils, and sediment diagenesis, are critically dependent on surface species and their structural identity. 

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