Drill core, structure and digital technologies

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-68

  Bright, S ^a   Conner, G ^a   Turner, A ^a   Vearncombe, J ^a  

^a SJS Resource Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D models; Diamond drilling; Drill core; Google Earth; Review; Stereonets; Structural data collection; Structural geology; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; DIAMOND DRILLING; DRILLS; INFILL DRILLING; REVIEWS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; DRILL CORE; GOOGLE EARTHS; STEREONETS; STRUCTURAL DATA; STRUCTURE MEASUREMENT; TOOLS AND METHODS; VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS;

CORE DRILLING;

DIAMOND; DRILLING; EXPLORATION; MINING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84919444083     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: 17432758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743275814Y.0000000051     Document Type: Review

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