ABSTRACT
The deformation of sediments, deformed by the uprising salt, can, therefore, be described by a stream function. In order to follow the deformation of sedimentary beds and their possible penetration by an evolving structure which is changing shape through time, a different model approach must be both developed and applied. The parameters describing the dynamical evolution must be such the present-day salt shape and the sedimentary bed geometries above and away from the salt are both honored, in the sense that the predicted and observed salt shapes and bed geometries must be in accord. A modification of the primary grid is necessary in order to simulate more realistically the burial of sediments around evolving structures. The secondary grid lines must be constructed in a way such that the modeled sediment paths simulate both the shape of the salt and the effect of gravity.
