Advances in computer technologies make it possible to create three-dimensional and interactive geological information systems. A Constrained Delaunay Triangulation (CDT) algorithm which considered the line segments of the geological polygons as constrained edges and all vertices of the digital elevation model (DEM) inside the polygons was applied to construct CDTs. Triangles outside the polygon...

Evaluation of the excavation-induced ground movements is an important design aspect of supporting system in urban areas. This evaluation process is more critical to the old buildings or sensitive structures which exist in the excavation-affected zone. Frame distortion and crack generation are predictor, of building damage resulted from excavation-induced ground movements, which pose challenges ...

At present no company develops oil and gas fields without constructing geologic and hydrodynamic models. This is due in particular to the fact that recently the emphasis in design, planning and monitoring has shifted to overdissected and low-permeability reservoirs. To assess economic efficiency and optimal placement of wells and to predict hydrocarbon production levels, it is important to have...

The validity of subsurface flow simulations strongly depends on the accuracy of relevant rock property values and their distribution in space. In realistic simulations, this spatial distribution is based on two geological considerations: (1) the subsurface structural setting, and (2) smaller-scale heterogeneity within a hydrostratigraphic unit. Both aspects are subject to uncertainty, whereas t...

Elena Nilsen, U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Division Robert Rosenbauer, U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Division Edward Furlong, U.S. Geological Survey, Methods Research and Development Program Mark Burkhardt, U.S. Geological Survey, Methods Research and Development Program Stephen Werner, U.S. Geological Survey, Methods Research and Development Program Lisa Greaser, U.S. Geological Survey,...

AASG/USGS Geologic Map Data Model Committee* Gary Raines, Chairman, US Geological Survey, [email protected] Boyan Brodaric, Geological Survey of Canada, [email protected] Jim Cobb, Kentucky Geological Survey, [email protected] Ralph Haugerud, US Geological Survey, [email protected] Greg Hermann, New Jersey Geological Survey, [email protected] Bruce Johnson,...

3D modeling method is divided into geospatial modeling and 3D geological modeling. 3D geological modeling technique has become a favorable tool for people to observe and analyze the geological body enriched in mineral resources. Unlike geospatial modeling, 3D geological modeling must consider various geological conditions affecting spatial shape and petrophysical distribution of geological body...

Uncertainty in conceptual model structure and in environmental data is of essential interest when dealing with uncertainty in water resources management. To make quantification of uncertainty possible is it necessary to identify and characterise the uncertainty in geological and hydrogeological data. This paper discusses a range of available techniques to describe the uncertainty related to geo...