Alpine-scale 3D geospatial modeling: Applying new techniques to old problems

Geosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 527-549

  Paton, Douglas ^a,d   Carr, Mary ^a   Trudgill, Bruce ^a   Ortner, Hugo ^b   Medwedeff, Donald A ^c  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpine geology; Geocellular models; Geospatial models; Structural reconstructions; Structure sediment interactions

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BASIN EVOLUTION; BASIN FILL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INTERPRETATION; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GPS; ISOPACH MAP; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOGRAPH; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TERRAIN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; EASTERN ALPS;

EID: 76749155236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00093.1     Document Type: Article

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