Geological and reservoir modelling are critical for geological exploration, resource extraction, and geoengineering projects. Current workflows and datasets record geological variations on metre or decimetre scales. However, many relevant geological structures exist at sub-centimetre scales. Dr Achyut Mishra and Professor Ralf Haese at the University of Melbourne, Australia — part of the international research consortium GeoCquest — have developed a new approach for high-resolution geological modelling in sedimentary basins. The approach has greatly improved estimates of geological carbon storage — for example, by revealing carbon mineralisation six orders of magnitude greater than that from traditional models in an Australian basin.
Measuring geological outcrops with Intel 3D camera
In reality, geological outcrops and pits have a complex shape, but usually, measured and drawn just by just several straight lines. Shape in description…