Combining numerical and cognitive 3D modelling approaches in order to determine the structure of the Chalk in the London Basin

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 500-511

  Royse, Katherine R ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalk; Cretaceous; Faulting; London; Numerical and knowledge driven modelling

Indexed keywords

3D MODELLING; 3D MODELS; CRETACEOUS PERIOD; DATA POINTS; GEOLOGICAL MODELS; HIGH DENSITY; MODEL CONSTRUCTION; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; SITE INVESTIGATIONS; SUBSURFACE DATA;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CHALK; CRETACEOUS; FAULTING; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ENGLAND; LONDON BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77649235912     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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