Probabilistic methods for unified treatment of geotechnical and geological uncertainties in a geotechnical analysis

CH Juang, J Zhang, M Shen, J Hu - Engineering geology, 2019 - Elsevier
There are typically three types of models involved in a geotechnical analysis, ie, the
geologic model, the ground model, and the geotechnical model, each of which may be …

Uncertainty in structural interpretation: Lessons to be learnt

CE Bond - Journal of Structural Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
Uncertainty in the interpretation of geological data is an inherent element of geology.
Datasets from different sources: remotely sensed seismic imagery, field data and borehole …

3-D Structural geological models: Concepts, methods, and uncertainties

F Wellmann, G Caumon - Advances in geophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
The Earth below ground is the subject of interest for many geophysical as well as geological
investigations. Even though most practitioners would agree that all available information …

GemPy 1.0: open-source stochastic geological modeling and inversion

M de la Varga, A Schaaf… - Geoscientific Model …, 2019 - gmd.copernicus.org
The representation of subsurface structures is an essential aspect of a wide variety of
geoscientific investigations and applications, ranging from geofluid reservoir studies, over …

Uncertainties have a meaning: Information entropy as a quality measure for 3-D geological models

JF Wellmann, K Regenauer-Lieb - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
Analyzing, visualizing and communicating uncertainties are important issues as geological
models can never be fully determined. To date, there exists no general approach to quantify …

Locating and quantifying geological uncertainty in three-dimensional models: Analysis of the Gippsland Basin, southeastern Australia

MD Lindsay, L Aillères, MW Jessell, EA de Kemp… - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
Geological three-dimensional (3D) models are constructed to reliably represent a given
geological target. The reliability of a model is heavily dependent on the input data and is …

Uncertainty and risk evaluation during the exploration stage of geothermal development: A review

JB Witter, WJ Trainor-Guitton, DL Siler - Geothermics, 2019 - Elsevier
Quantifying and representing uncertainty for geothermal systems is often ignored, in
practice, during the exploration phase of a geothermal development project. We propose …

Quantifying stratigraphic uncertainties by stochastic simulation techniques based on Markov random field

Z Li, X Wang, H Wang, RY Liang - Engineering geology, 2016 - Elsevier
Stratigraphic (or lithological) uncertainty refers to the uncertainty of boundaries between
different soil layers and lithological units, which has received increasing attention in …

[HTML][HTML] Mitigating uncertainties in mineral exploration targeting: Majority voting and confidence index approaches in the context of an exploration information system …

M Yousefi, MD Lindsay, O Kreuzer - Ore Geology Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Various mineral prospectivity modelling (MPM) approaches are available for targeting
mineral deposits, each method capable of predicting areas of high prospectivity. Given the …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-source data integration and multi-scale modeling framework for progressive prediction of complex geological interfaces in tunneling

J Wang, P Li, X Zhuang, X Li, X Jiang, J Wu - Underground Space, 2024 - Elsevier
A reliable geological model plays a fundamental role in the efficiency and safety of mountain
tunnel construction. However, regional models based on limited survey data represent …