The Loop 3D stochastic geological modelling platform – development and applications
The Loop 3D stochastic geological modelling platform – development and applications
Editor(s): GMD topic editors | Coordinator: Laurent Ailleres
Loop is an open-source integrated and interoperable platform enabling 3D stochastic geological modelling. This special issue groups contributions to the Loop platform in the form of new algorithmic developments and applications. Contributions are open to anyone using, developing, or contributing to the Loop platform.

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18 Sep 2024
GraphFlow v1.0: approximating groundwater contaminant transport with graph-based methods – an application to fault scenario selection
Léonard Moracchini, Guillaume Pirot, Kerry Bardot, Mark W. Jessell, and James L. McCallum
Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2024-154,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2024-154, 2024
Preprint under review for GMD (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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22 May 2024
Consistency-Checking 3D Geological Models
Marion N. Parquer, Eric A. de Kemp, Boyan Brodaric, and Michael J. Hillier
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1326,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1326, 2024
Preprint under review for GMD (discussion: final response, 8 comments)
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21 Mar 2024
Tomofast-x 2.0: an open-source parallel code for inversion of potential field data with topography using wavelet compression
Vitaliy Ogarko, Kim Frankcombe, Taige Liu, Jeremie Giraud, Roland Martin, and Mark Jessell
Geosci. Model Dev., 17, 2325–2345, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-2325-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-2325-2024, 2024
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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
Geosci. Model Dev., 17, 1975–1993, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-1975-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-1975-2024, 2024
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29 Nov 2023
GeoINR 1.0: an implicit neural network approach to three-dimensional geological modelling
Michael Hillier, Florian Wellmann, Eric A. de Kemp, Boyan Brodaric, Ernst Schetselaar, and Karine Bédard
Geosci. Model Dev., 16, 6987–7012, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-6987-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-6987-2023, 2023
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20 Jun 2022
loopUI-0.1: indicators to support needs and practices in 3D geological modelling uncertainty quantification
Guillaume Pirot, Ranee Joshi, Jérémie Giraud, Mark Douglas Lindsay, and Mark Walter Jessell
Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 4689–4708, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4689-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4689-2022, 2022
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09 May 2022
Blockworlds 0.1.0: a demonstration of anti-aliased geophysics for probabilistic inversions of implicit and kinematic geological models
Richard Scalzo, Mark Lindsay, Mark Jessell, Guillaume Pirot, Jeremie Giraud, Edward Cripps, and Sally Cripps
Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 3641–3662, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-3641-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-3641-2022, 2022
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04 Nov 2021
dh2loop 1.0: an open-source Python library for automated processing and classification of geological logs
Ranee Joshi, Kavitha Madaiah, Mark Jessell, Mark Lindsay, and Guillaume Pirot
Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 6711–6740, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6711-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6711-2021, 2021
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02 Nov 2021
Structural, petrophysical, and geological constraints in potential field inversion using the Tomofast-x v1.0 open-source code
Jérémie Giraud, Vitaliy Ogarko, Roland Martin, Mark Jessell, and Mark Lindsay
Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 6681–6709, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6681-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6681-2021, 2021
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01 Nov 2021
| Review and perspective paper
Spatial agents for geological surface modelling
Eric A. de Kemp
Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 6661–6680, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6661-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6661-2021, 2021
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15 Oct 2021
Modelling of faults in LoopStructural 1.0
Lachlan Grose, Laurent Ailleres, Gautier Laurent, Guillaume Caumon, Mark Jessell, and Robin Armit
Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 6197–6213, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6197-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6197-2021, 2021
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01 Sep 2022
A physically based distributed karst hydrological model (QMG model-V1.0) for flood simulations
Ji Li, Daoxian Yuan, Fuxi Zhang, Jiao Liu, and Mingguo Ma
Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 6581–6600, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-6581-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-6581-2022, 2022
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16 Aug 2021
Automated geological map deconstruction for 3D model construction using map2loop 1.0 and map2model 1.0
Mark Jessell, Vitaliy Ogarko, Yohan de Rose, Mark Lindsay, Ranee Joshi, Agnieszka Piechocka, Lachlan Grose, Miguel de la Varga, Laurent Ailleres, and Guillaume Pirot
Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 5063–5092, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-5063-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-5063-2021, 2021
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29 Jun 2021
LoopStructural 1.0: time-aware geological modelling
Lachlan Grose, Laurent Ailleres, Gautier Laurent, and Mark Jessell
Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 3915–3937, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3915-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3915-2021, 2021
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