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dh2loop 1.0: an open-source Python library for automated processing and classification of geological logs
Ranee Joshi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Mineral Exploration Cooperative Research Centre, Centre for
Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Western
Australia, Perth, Australia
Kavitha Madaiah
Mineral Exploration Cooperative Research Centre, Centre for
Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Western
Australia, Perth, Australia
Mark Jessell
Mineral Exploration Cooperative Research Centre, Centre for
Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Western
Australia, Perth, Australia
Mark Lindsay
Mineral Exploration Cooperative Research Centre, Centre for
Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Western
Australia, Perth, Australia
CSIRO Mineral Resources, CSIRO - Kensington, Australian Resources
Research Centre (ARRC), Kensington, Australia
Guillaume Pirot
Mineral Exploration Cooperative Research Centre, Centre for
Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Western
Australia, Perth, Australia
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We have developed a software that allows the user to extract and standardize drill hole information from legacy datasets and/or different drilling campaigns. It also provides functionality to upscale the lithological information. These functionalities were possible by developing thesauri to identify and group geological terminologies together.
We have developed a software that allows the user to extract and standardize drill hole...
