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ABSTRACT: Geological Applications of Computerized Virtual Reality

ROBINSON, JOSEPH E., and DAVID M. RICHERS, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Geologists are often faced with the problem of interpreting multiple data sets of geological and geophysical information. Statistical data integration and reduction methods are useful but have the very real danger that the investigator may never understand the interactions between the variables. However, modern computers with high resolution graphic displays coupled with a virtual reality approach permit the geologist to be immersed in the multidimensional environment to visualize and integrate the relationships within the data. The approach lends itself nicely to data sets such as multispectral scanner imagery, all forms of seismic data, reservoir data, well log data, gravity and magnetic data, and geochemical data. Stereo viewing and advanced image processing techniques allow the ge logist to look inside the data within a pseudo-multidimensional space and almost feel a part of the scene. Recent studies in the computation and presentation of stereo virtual reality images illustrate an effective method for the investigation of complex geologic information and for understanding and interpreting the total picture.

 

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #91012©1992 AAPG Annual Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 22-25, 1992 (2009)