Integration of regional to outcrop digital data: 3D visualisation of multi-scale geological models

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-18

  Jones, R R ^a   McCaffrey, K J W ^a   Clegg, P ^a   Wilson, R W ^a   Holliman, N S ^a   Holdsworth, R E ^a   Imber, J ^a   Waggott, S ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Halcrow Group Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital geological mapping; Immersive visualisation; Terrestrial laser scanning; User interaction; Virtual outcrop models

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HYDROCARBONS; MIDDLEWARE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VISUALIZATION;

DIGITAL GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; IMMERSIVE VISUALISATION; TERRESTRIAL LASER-SCANNING; USER INTERACTION; VIRTUAL OUTCROP MODELS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL MAP; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; OUTCROP; SOFTWARE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 53849137284     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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