Towards the application of Stokes flow equations to structural restoration simulations

Schuh-Senlis, Melchior; Thieulot, Cedric; Cupillard, Paul; Caumon, Guillaume

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-1909-2020

Articles | Volume 11, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-1909-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-1909-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 5

Research article

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22 Oct 2020

Research article |

| 22 Oct 2020

Towards the application of Stokes flow equations to structural restoration simulations

Melchior Schuh-Senlis, Cedric Thieulot, Paul Cupillard, and Guillaume Caumon

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Final revised paper (published on 22 Oct 2020)
Preprint (discussion started on 27 May 2020)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'review of the manuscript', Frantz Maerten, 27 May 2020
- AC1: 'Author comment', Melchior Schuh-Senlis, 04 Aug 2020
- AC2: 'Answer to all comments', Melchior Schuh-Senlis, 04 Aug 2020
RC2: 'Peer Review of "Towards the application of Stokes flow equations to structural restoration simulations"', Peter Lovely, 25 Jun 2020
- AC3: 'Author comment', Melchior Schuh-Senlis, 04 Aug 2020
- AC2: 'Answer to all comments', Melchior Schuh-Senlis, 04 Aug 2020
SC1: 'Acknowledging previous work', Boris Kaus, 29 Jun 2020
- SC2: 'Acknowledgement of previous works', Melchior Schuh-Senlis, 02 Jul 2020
  - SC4: 'PhD thesis', Boris Kaus, 08 Jul 2020
  - SC5: 'PhD thesis', Boris Kaus, 08 Jul 2020
- AC2: 'Answer to all comments', Melchior Schuh-Senlis, 04 Aug 2020
  - EC1: 'Small error', Patrice Rey, 05 Aug 2020
    - AC4: 'Error correction', Melchior Schuh-Senlis, 05 Aug 2020
SC3: 'novelty', Alik Ismail-Zadeh, 03 Jul 2020
- AC2: 'Answer to all comments', Melchior Schuh-Senlis, 04 Aug 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Melchior Schuh-Senlis on behalf of the Authors (04 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (18 Aug 2020) by Patrice Rey

ED: Publish as is (18 Aug 2020) by Susanne Buiter (Executive editor)

AR by Melchior Schuh-Senlis on behalf of the Authors (25 Aug 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

This paper presents a numerical method for restoring models of the subsurface to a previous state in their deformation history, acting as a numerical time machine for geological structures. The method relies on the assumption that rock layers can be modeled as highly viscous fluids. It shows promising results on simple setups, including models with faults and non-flat topography. While issues still remain, this could open a way to add more physics to reverse time structural modeling.