Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-1975-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-1975-2024
Model description paper
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05 Mar 2024
Model description paper |  | 05 Mar 2024

Three-dimensional geological modelling of igneous intrusions in LoopStructural v1.5.10

Fernanda Alvarado-Neves, Laurent Ailleres, Lachlan Grose, Alexander R. Cruden, and Robin Armit

Data sets

Fer071989/loopstructural_intrusions_gmd_paper2023: LS Intrusion GMD paper Fernanda Alvarado-Neves et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10463777

Model code and software

LoopStructural (v1.5.10) Lachlan Grose et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7734926

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Short summary
Previous work has demonstrated that adding geological knowledge to modelling methods creates more accurate and reliable models. Following this reasoning, we added constraints from magma emplacement mechanisms into existing modelling frameworks to improve the 3D characterisation of igneous intrusions. We tested the method on synthetic and real-world case studies, and the results show that our method can reproduce intrusion morphologies with no manual processing and using realistic datasets.