Applied Multidimensional Geological Modelling

THE EDITORS: ALAN KEITH TURNER: Emeritus Professor of Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, 80401 USA HOLGER KESSLER: Team Leader, Geological Modeling Systems, British Geological Survey, Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG UK MICHIEL J. VAN DER MEULEN: Chief Geologist, TNO / Geological Survey of the Netherlands, PO Box 80015, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands

Part 1: Introduction and Background


Chapter 1: Introduction to Modeling Terminology and Concepts
Alan Keith Turner, Holger Kessler, and Michiel van der Meulen


Chapter 2: Geological Survey Data and the Move from 2-D to 4-D
Martin Culshaw, Ian Jackson, Denis Peach, Michiel van der Meulen, Richard Berg, and Harvey Thorleifson


Chapter 3: Legislation, Regulation and Management
Brian Marker and Alan Keith Turner


Chapter 4: The Economic Case for establishing Subsurface Ground Conditions and the Use of Geological Models
Jennifer Gates


Part 2: Building and Managing Models


Chapter 5: Overview and History of 3-D Modeling Approaches
Andrew J. Stumpf, Donald A. Keefer, and Alan Keith Turner


Chapter 6: Effective and Efficient Workflows
Donald A. Keefer and Jason F. Thomason


Chapter 7: Data Sources for building Geological Models
Abigail K.Burt , Paul Sirles, and Alan Keith Turner


Chapter 8: Data Management Considerations
Martin L. Nayembil


Chapter 9: Model Creation Using Stacked Surfaces
Jason F. Thomason and Donald A. Keefer


Chapter 10: Model Creation Based on Digital Borehole Records and Interpreted Geological Cross-sections.
Benjamin Wood and Holger Kessler


Chapter 11: Models Created as 3-D Cellular Voxel Arrays
Jan Stafleu, Denise Maljers, Freek S. Busschers, Jeroen Schokker, Jan L. Gunnink, Roula M. Dambrink


Chapter 12: Integrated Rule-Based Geomodeling - Explicit and Implicit Approaches
Martin Ross, Amanda Taylor, Samuel Kelley, Simon Lopez, Cecile Allanic, Gabriel Courrioux, Bernard Bourgine, Philippe Calcagno, Severine Carit, and Sunseare Gabalda


Chapter 13: Discretization and Stochastic Modeling
Alan Keith Turner


Chapter 14: Linkage to Process Models
Geoff Parkin, Elizabeth Lewis, Frans van Geer, Aris Lourens, Wilbert Berendrecht, James Howard, Denis Peach, and Nicholas Vlachopoulos


Chapter 15: Uncertainty in Geological Models
Marco Bianchi, Alan Keith Turner2, Murray Lark, and Gabriel Courrioux


Part 3: Using and Disseminating Models


Chapter 16: Emerging User Needs in Urban Planning
Miguel Pazos Oton, Ruben C. Lois Gonzalez, Ignace van Campenhout, Jeroen Schokker, Carl Watson, Helen Bonsor, Susie Miely, and Michiel J. van der Meulen


Chapter 17: Providing Model Results to Diverse User Communities
Peter Wycisk and Lars Schimpf


Part 4: Case Studies


Chapter 18: Application Theme 1 - Urban Planning


Chapter 19: Application Theme 2 - Groundwater Evaluations


Chapter 20: Application Theme 3 - Geothermal Heating and Cooling


Chapter 21: Application Theme 4 - Regulatory Support


Chapter 22: Application Theme 5 - Geohazard Applications


Chapter 23: Application Theme 6 - Urban Infrastructure


Chapter 24: Application Theme 7 - Building and Construction


Chapter 25: Application Theme 8 - Historical Preservation and Anthropogenic Deposits


Part 5: Future Possibilities and Challenges


Chapter 26: Anticipated Technological Advances
Matthew Lato, Robin Harrap, and Kelsey MacCormack