Sinuous submarine channel systems are important sedimentary components of continental margins and form significant oil reservoirs in the deep offshore. Their internal sedimentary architecture and the processes that govern this are very poorly understood, thus limiting their sedimentary predictability. The investigators propose an integrated study to analyse the gross-scale hydrodynamic and sedimentary processes of sinous submarine channels in order to evaluate controls on intra-channel facies distribution. This will be achieved by controlled laboratory experiments, examination of modern systems, and analysis of high resolution 3D-seismic datasets utilising innovative 3D modelling and visualisation technologies. The investigators will then use these results to build generic facies models of intra-channel architecture, and to develop 3D-modelling tools to enhance reservoir prediction.