NURBS-based 3D graphical modeling and visualization of geological structures

Proceedings - Third International Conference on Image and Graphics

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 414-417

  Zhong, Denghua ^a   Li, Mingchao ^a   Wang, Gang ^b   Wei, Huang ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chengdu Hydroelec Invest/Des I   (China)

Author keywords

3D graphic modeling; Geological structures; NURBS; Visualization

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

DATA SETS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; NURBS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) GRAPHIC MODELING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 17044390949     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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