Visualization of grids conforming to geological structures: A topological approach

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 671-680

  Caumon, Guillaume ^a   Lévy, Bruno ^b   Castanié, Laurent ^a   Paul, Jean Claude ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b LORIA   (France)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Data structure; Stratigraphic grid; Unstructured grid; Volume visualization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

FLEXIBLE GRIDS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; GEOSCIENCE APPLICATIONS; VOLUME VISUALIZATION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 20544440292     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2005.01.020     Document Type: Article

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