Stochastic simulations of fault networks in 3D structural modeling;Simulations stochastiques de réseaux de failles en modélisation structurale 3D

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 342, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 687-694

  Cherpeau, Nicolas ^a   Caumon, Guillaume ^a   Lévy, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

3D structural modeling; Constructive Solid modeling; Fault network; Implicit modeling; Structural uncertainties

Indexed keywords

COMPARTMENTALIZATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; FAULT GEOMETRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOLOGY; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

EID: 77956979371     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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