Building 3D solid models of sedimentary stratigraphic systems from borehole data: An automatic method and case studies

Engineering Geology

Volumn 127, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-13

  Zhu, Liangfeng ^a   Zhang, Chengjuan ^a   Li, Mingjiang ^a   Pan, Xin ^a   Sun, Jianzhong ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3D solid modeling; Borehole; Borehole Surface Solid method; Missing stratum; Sedimentary stratigraphic system

Indexed keywords

3-D MODELING; 3D GEOLOGICAL MODELING; 3D SOLID MODEL; 3D SOLID MODELING; AUTOMATIC METHOD; BOREHOLE-SURFACE-SOLID METHOD; BOTTOM SURFACES; COMPUTER MODELS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; GEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; GEOLOGICAL SURFACE; GEOMETRIC SHAPE; MISSING STRATUM; MODELING METHOD; SEDIMENTARY STRATIGRAPHIC SYSTEM; SEDIMENTARY SYSTEMS; SOLID MODEL; SPATIAL GEOMETRY; TRIANGULAR PRISM;

BOREHOLES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATA STRUCTURES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BOREHOLE; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; STRATIGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84862798554     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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