Computer Graphics in Geology: Three-Dimensional Computer Graphics in Modeling Geologic Structures and Simulating Geologic Processes (Lecture Notes in ... Notes in Earth Sciences, 41, Band 41)

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Perspective views, such as block diagrams and fence diagramshave always been an important means of scientific visualiza-tion in geology. Advanced three-dimensional computer gra-phics is a new tool for the construction of such views. Thebook contains papers presented at the first large interna-tional meeting (Freiburg, October 8-11, 1990) that broughttogether working groups engaged in development of 3-D visua-lization programs for geologic purposes, and included peoplefromuniversities, government agencies, the mining industry(especially oil companies) and from software companies enga-ged in geology and geographic information systems. Many dif-ferent aspects of using three-dimensional computer graphicsare discussed in the papers. Emphasized are different ap-proaches of modeling and rendering a 3-D geometric model, oftransforming process simulation results into perspectiveviews, and use of three-dimensional computer-graphics as anadditional tool for interpretation and prediction. Prospec-tive readers include geologists and geophysicists from aca-demia, government and industry who should find ideason howto present and interpret their own geological observationsand results with the help of three-dimensional computer gra-phics.

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