Create Sedimentological and Structural Models to Assist in Identifying Geological Features That Impact on Mining
Regional geology mapped in three dimensions from borehole data supplied by three mining groups, built for mine geologists and planners assessing seam disruption before layout design.
by Mark Grodner | December 2001
A three dimensional model of the northern Witbank and Highveld coalfield was built from more than 1100 borehole logs, with strata sorted into 13 major groupings and surface topography taken from satellite elevation data. It runs on open source visualisation software rather than a commercial package. Delays limited coverage to about a quarter of the coalfield.
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