3D reconstruction of geological surfaces by the equivalent dip-domain method: An example from field data of the Cerro Bayo Anticline (Cordillera Oriental, NW Argentine Andes)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1573-1585

  Carrera, Núria ^a   Muñoz, Josep Anton ^a   Roca, Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Andes; Cordillera Oriental; Cylindrical domain; Equivalent dip domain

Indexed keywords

3D GEOMETRY; 3D RECONSTRUCTION; ABSOLUTE POSITION; CYLINDRICAL DOMAIN; DIFFERENT PLANES; DOMAIN METHODS; FIELD DATA; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; GEOLOGICAL SURFACE; GEOMETRIC FRAMEWORK; REMOTE AREAS; SATELLITE IMAGES; STRUCTURAL RECONSTRUCTION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RECONSTRUCTION (STRUCTURAL); REPAIR; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANTICLINE; DATA ACQUISITION; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; RECONSTRUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ANDES; CORDILLERA ORIENTAL [ANDES]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70449713357     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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