Combining 3D geological modelling techniques to address variations in geology, data type and density - An example from Southern Denmark

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-63

  Jørgensen, Flemming ^a   Høyer, Anne Sophie ^a   Sandersen, Peter B E ^a   He, Xiulan ^b   Foged, Nikolaj ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b COWI A/S ^*  (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

3D geological modelling; AEM data; Clay fraction modelling; Cognitive layer modelling; Multi Point Simulation; Voxel model

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SURVEYS;

3D GEOLOGICAL MODELLING; AEM DATA; CLAY FRACTIONS; MULTI-POINTS; VOXEL MODELS;

GEOLOGY;

BOREHOLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GLACIOTECTONICS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; SEISMIC DATA; STOCHASTICITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

DENMARK;

EID: 84929079971     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2015.04.010     Document Type: Article

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