GSIS: A 3D geological multi-body modeling system from netty cross-sections with topology

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 756-767

  Ming, Jing ^a   Pan, Mao ^a   Qu, Honggang ^a   Ge, Zhihong ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

3D geological modeling; Data consistency; Fault modeling; Geomodeller

Indexed keywords

3D GEOLOGICAL MODEL; 3D GEOLOGICAL MODELING; COMPLEX GEOLOGY; CONSTRUCTING MODELS; CORE METHOD; DATA CONSISTENCY; DATA SOURCE; ENGINEERING GEOLOGICAL MODEL; FAULT MODELING; GEOLOGICAL MODELING; GEOLOGICAL MODELS; INTEGRATED MODELS; MULTI-BODY; MULTIPARAMETERS; SHUNYI DISTRICT; SPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TOPOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; TOPOLOGY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FAULT GEOMETRY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; INTERPOLATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRIANGULATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; SHUNYI;

EID: 77953123185     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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