3D geological modelling of a complex buried-valley network delineated from borehole and AEM data

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 122, Issue , 2015, Pages 94-102

  Hoyer A S ^a   Jorgensen F ^a   Sandersen, P B E ^a   Viezzoli, A ^b   Moller I ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b Aarhus Geophysics Aps ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

3D geological modelling; Buried valleys; Geological interpretation of AEM data; Manual voxel modelling; Modelling strategy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETOMETERS; MAPPING;

3-D GEOLOGICAL MODELS; 3D GEOLOGICAL MODELLING; AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC; BURIED VALLEYS; GEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND; GEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; MODELLING STRATEGIES;

LANDFORMS;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; BURIED STRUCTURE; DATA INTERPRETATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; LITHOFACIES; LITHOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84941992254     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2015.09.004     Document Type: Article

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