Editing faults within tetrahedral volume models in real time

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 292, Issue , 2007, Pages 89-101

  Tertois, A L ^a   Mallet, J L ^a  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATA PROCESSING; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FAULT GEOMETRY; INTERPOLATION; REAL TIME;

EID: 38349108189     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP292.5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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