Digital outcrop models: Applications of terrestrial scanning lidar technology in stratigraphic modeling

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 166-176

  Bellian, J A ^a   Kerans, C ^a   Jennette, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HYDROCARBON REFINING; MAPPING; OPTICAL RADAR; STRATIGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

GEOLOGICAL SURFACE; LASER INTENSITIES; LIDAR (LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING); REPRODUCIBILITIES; RESERVOIR MODELING; STRATIGRAPHIC MAPPINGS; TERRESTRIAL LIDARS; THREE DIMENSIONS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; LIDAR;

EID: 14844350144     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.013     Document Type: Article

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