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A novel geometric approach for 3-D geological modelling

Authors: Benito Bouza-Rodríguez, Alberto Comesaña-Campos, Agustín Menéndez-Díaz, Silverio Garcia-Cortes

Published in: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment | Issue 2/2014

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This paper presents a graphics system called the prism network and its boundary (PNB) aimed at representing the stratified solids that are formed in the subsurface terrain. It allows full 3D modelling of these types of spaces formed by superimposed layers bounded by stratification surfaces. A set of boreholes in the ground is used to generate a network of prisms that models the solid space and serves as the basis for creating two secondary networks, one of triangles and another of quadrilaterals, which define the model boundaries. This graphics system has been implemented in C++, using the standard OpenGL graphics API. The paper first defines and implements a model in the PNB data structure, the process by means of which it is generated is then described, and, finally, a range of applications to specific cases is presented and graphically illustrated.

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Title: A novel geometric approach for 3-D geological modelling
Authors: Benito Bouza-Rodríguez
Alberto Comesaña-Campos
Agustín Menéndez-Díaz
Silverio Garcia-Cortes
Publication date: 01-05-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment / Issue 2/2014
Print ISSN: 1435-9529
Electronic ISSN: 1435-9537
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-013-0545-9

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