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Microstructures of rocks play an important role in determining the rheological properties and usually help to reveal the processes that lead to their formation. Several processes can be active during the formation of a rock and they may be active simultaneously or in series. Some processes change the microstructure significantly and may obliterate any fabrics that indicate the previous history ...

Measurement of intensity of shape preferred orientation (SPO) is an important objective of many structural geological investigations. This not only helps in fabric quantification, but also enables in better correlation of the rock fabric with strain and strain-intensity variations that may have implications in regional tectonics. There are several methods available to quantify SPO – e.g. Launea...

Geological maps are increasingly published and shared online, whereas tools and services supporting information retrieval and knowledge discovery are underdeveloped. In this study, we developed an ontology of geological time scale by using a RDF (Resource Description Framework) model to represent the ordinal hierarchical structure of the geological time scale and to encode collected annotations...

The regional engineering geological conditions and geological hazard evaluation is the important part of realizing the railway geological selection, However, the accuracy of the evaluation largely depends on the reliability of basic information and reasonable mathematical model. Remote sensing provides reliable geological information and accurately reflects the geological conditions along the r...

A wide range of methodologies and software applications have been developed to generate 3-Dimensional (3D) geological model data. One of the main open issues is the exchange of these heterogeneous data from different sources, which influences the sharing and integration of 3D geodata. It is also a necessity to take into consideration the semantics of 3D geological data to enable its full exchan...

As a provider of geological advice to industry, academia and the public, the British Geological Survey (BGS) has recognised the need to change the way it presents geoscientific information, resulting in the construction of attributed 3D geological models. The need to deliver 3D modelling solutions is of great importance in urban areas, where geological factors play a major role in supporting gr...

Many geologists have their own favourite part of the vast geological time scale, from which there is plenty to choose for all types of pure and applied research, and for detailed speculation. My own favourite is that ancient time range during which the Earth s surface changed from something quite unfamiliar and shaped by largely non-uniformitarian processes, to something increasingly recognisab...

With the development of computer technology and geological modeling study of the gradual maturity, 3D for the engineering geological modeling and information visualization analysis system of opportunities and challenges brought about. Have carried on the detailed introduction to the three dimensional geological modeling tool and the method. Summarized the three dimensional geological modeling b...