Mapping and analysing virtual outcrops

Visual Geosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-19

  Trinks, Immo ^a   Clegg, Phillip ^a   McCaffrey, Ken ^a   Jones, Richard ^a   Hobbs, Richard ^a   Holdsworth, Bob ^a   Holliman, Nick ^a   Imber, Jonny ^a   Waggott, Steve ^b   Wilson, Robert ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Halcrow Group Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser scanning; Outcrop; Virtual reality; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAPPING; OUTCROP; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 33748460182     PISSN: 16102924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10069-005-0026-9     Document Type: Article

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