Stacker

Stratigraphic forward model for simulating migration of patches in shallow-water carbonates

Installation and running instructions

Prerequisites:

• MATLAB (tested with versions 2018+)

Installation:

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/Stacker.git
   cd Stacker

Running the model:

1. Open MATLAB and navigate to the src/ directory
2. Run the model by typing:

   stacker

3. The GUI will open. Use the interface to:
   • Load a parameter file (default: parameters/stackerFaciesMosaic.txt)
   • Initialize the model
   • Run the simulation
   • Plot results

Available parameter configurations:

• stackerFaciesMosaic.txt - Facies mosaic model configuration
• stackerFaciesBelt.txt - Facies belt model configuration

Repository structure

Stacker/
├── src/                           # Source code and model files
│   ├── stacker.m                  # Main Stacker model script
│   ├── parameters/                # Input parameter files
│   │   ├── faciesMosaicCloud*.mat # Facies mosaic cloud configurations (1-5)
│   │   ├── initialTopographyShallowRampSmoothedNoise.txt  # Initial topography data
│   │   ├── sealevelCurveConstant0m.txt                    # Sea level curve data
│   │   ├── stackerFaciesBelt.txt                          # Facies belt configuration
│   │   └── stackerFaciesMosaic.txt                        # Facies mosaic configuration
│   └── modelResults/              # Output directory for model results
│       └── FaciesMosaic.mat       # Example output file
├── docs/                          # Documentation
│   └── index.html                 # Documentation homepage
├── CITATION.cff                   # Citation information
├── CONTRIBUTING.md                # Contribution guidelines
├── LICENSE                        # Apache 2.0 License
└── README.md                      # This file

Authors

Peter Burgess
University of Liverpool
Web page: www.liverpool.ac.uk/environmental-sciences/staff/peter-burgess
ORCID: 0000-0002-3812-4231

Public repository maintenance:

Emilia Jarochowska
Utrecht University
email: e.b.jarochowska [at] uu.nl
Web page: www.uu.nl/staff/EBJarochowska
ORCID: 0000-0001-8937-9405

Xianyi Liu
Utrecht University
email: x.liu6 [at] uu.nl
Web page: www.uu.nl/staff/XLiu6
ORCID: 0000-0002-3851-116X

Manual

The manual pages https://mindthegap-erc.github.io/Stacker/ have been generated based on the code using an LLM and reviewed by the author and the maintainers. The latter take responsibility for the contents.

Copyright

Copyright 2024-2026 University of Liverpool

License

Apache 2.0 License, see LICENSE file for license text.