Property attribution of 3D geological models in the Thames Gateway, London: New ways of visualising geoscientific information

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-16

  Royse, K R ^a   Rutter, H K ^a   Entwisle, D C ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D modelling; Decision making; Site Investigation attribution

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MODELS; RAILROAD TRACKS; SURVEYS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

3-D MODELS; 3D GEOLOGICAL MODELS; 3D MODELLING; CONCEPTUAL MODELS; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; GEOLOGICAL DATUM; GEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATIONS; GEOSCIENTISTS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; HYDROGEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; LONDON , UK; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; ROCK STRENGTHS; SHALLOW SUBSURFACES; SITE INVESTIGATION ATTRIBUTION; SITE INVESTIGATIONS; SPATIAL MODELS; UNSATURATED ZONES; URBAN AREAS; WATER TABLES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 59749103599     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-008-0171-0     Document Type: Article

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