ABSTRACT
A common integration method for modeling is to combine surface maps with fence diagrams. Alternative solutions have been sought in geometric solids modeling and topological volume models. The goal is to identify an editable and extendible model that encompasses the structure of the original information and permits the generation and re-integration of auxiliary analyses. A comprehensive model of the earth’s crust must accommodate both raw information and interpretations. Raw data may come from a variety of sources including well cores, well logs, and seismic surveys, as well as other measures such as gravity and magnetic studies. The traditional data sources for subsurface models are seismic cross-sections, well logs, well cores and surface structures. Raw seismic data collected in the field is subjected to massive processing regimes in order to derive vertical seismograms of signal amplitude. Creation of an integrated and consolidated interpretation drawing from the different data sources available is a major problem.
