Building a geodatabase for mapping hydrogeological features and 3D modeling of groundwater systems: Application to the Saguenay-Lac-St.-Jean region, Canada

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1870-1882

  Chesnaux, Romain ^a   Lambert, Mélanie ^a   Walter, Julien ^a   Fillastre, Ugo ^a   Hay, Murray ^a   Rouleau, Alain ^a   Daigneault, Réal ^a   Moisan, Annie ^a   Germaneau, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arc Hydro Groundwater; ArcGIS; Hydrogeology; Hydrostructural modeling; Spatial database

Indexed keywords

3-D MODELING; ARC HYDRO GROUNDWATER; ARCGIS; GEODATABASE; GIS (GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM); GIS TECHNOLOGY; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; HIGH QUALITY; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; HYDROSTRUCTURAL MODELING; IN-BUILDINGS; RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; SPATIAL DATABASE; STEP-BY-STEP; STRATIGRAPHIC DATA; STRUCTURAL REPRESENTATION; SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS; SUBSURFACE MODEL;

AQUIFERS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INNOVATION; STRATIGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATABASE; FLOW MODELING; GIS; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOLOGY; MAPPING; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DATA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAGUENAY-LAC SAINT JEAN;

EID: 80054884337     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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