A Hamilton-Jacobi Framework for Modeling Folds in Structural Geology

Mathematical Geosciences

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 741-761

  Hjelle, Oyvind ^a   Petersen, Steen A ^b  

^a SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Dip isogons; Fast marching; Folding; Front propagation

Indexed keywords

3-D SPACE; DIP ISOGONS; EULERIAN; FAST-MARCHING; FIRST ORDER PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FOLDING; FRONT PROPAGATION; HAMILTON-JACOBI; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; METRIC PROPERTIES; NON-LINEAR; REFERENCE LAYER; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STATIC HAMILTON-JACOBI EQUATION; TIME OF ARRIVAL;

ANISOTROPY; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; FOLD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 80053972291     PISSN: 18748961     EISSN: 18748953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-011-9357-2     Document Type: Article

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