Optimal construction and visualisation of geological structures

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 761-773

  Xu, C ^a   Dowd, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dijkstra's algorithm; Geological structures; Orebody modelling; Surface rendering; Visualisation; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); SERVERS;

OPTIMAL CONSTRUCTION;

GEOLOGY;

GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; ORE BODY; SOFTWARE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 0041339618     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(03)00026-8     Document Type: Article

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