Interpretive tools for 3-D structural geological modeling part I: Bézier-based curves, ribbons and grip frames

GeoInformatica

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-71

  De Kemp, Eric A ^a   Sprague, Kevin Boyce ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b ESS PPISB ESSFO Database/Geospati   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 D B zier; Grip frames; Interpolation; Ribbons; Structural geology; Surface modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

GEOLOGICAL OBJECTS;

GEOLOGY;

GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; INTERPOLATION; SOFTWARE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 0038529721     PISSN: 13846175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022822227691     Document Type: Article

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