Articles | Volume 18, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-71-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-71-2025
Methods for assessment of models
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13 Jan 2025
Methods for assessment of models |  | 13 Jan 2025

Checking the consistency of 3D geological models

Marion N. Parquer, Eric A. de Kemp, Boyan Brodaric, and Michael J. Hillier

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This is a proof-of-concept paper outlining a general approach to how 3D geological models would be checked to be geologically reasonable. We do this with a consistency-checking tool that looks at geological feature pairs and their spatial, temporal, and internal polarity characteristics. The idea is to assess if geological relationships from a specific 3D geological model match what is allowed in the real world from the perspective of geological principles.
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