A method for cognitive 3D geological voxel modelling of AEM data

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 421-432

  Jørgensen, Flemming ^a   Møller, Rasmus Rønde ^a   Nebel, Lars ^b   Jensen, Niels Peter ^b   Christiansen, Anders Vest ^c   Sandersen, Peter B E ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b I GIS A S   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Airborne electromagnetic data; Groundwater; Octree; Three dimensional geological model; Voxel modelling

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; ITERATIVE METHODS; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETOMETERS;

3-D GEOLOGICAL MODELS; 3D GEOLOGICAL MODELLING; AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC; DATA INTERPRETATION; GEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; OCTREE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOLOGICAL MODELING;

3D MODELING;

AIRBORNE SENSING; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GROUNDWATER; LITHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84891151993     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-013-0487-2     Document Type: Article

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