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High Quality Geological Surface Reconstruction from Planar Contours
Received date: 2014-05-09
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Online published: 2015-03-10
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In three-dimensional geological modeling, because the geological section and the medical section are essentially similar, the three-dimensional surface reconstruction methods based on contour lines that have been widely used in biomedical modeling are now introduced to geological modeling. But most algorithms from medical modeling that have been applied to geological modeling do not fit specifically for geological data. They only consider the rationality of reconstructed surface, however they concern little about the quality of surface geometry. In geological modeling, there are challenges including the complex and changeable shapes of geological objects, sparse geological section data and various origins of data sources; therefore, the methods that simply connect data could not meet the quality requirements of three-dimensional geological modeling. To overcome it, we consider solving the problem of how to reconstruct high quality triangular surfaces from sparse contour lines in this paper. According to the characteristics of geological data, a new algorithm that improves the quality of geological modeling by interpolating transitional sections is presented. The algorithm deals with geological sections that are stored as vectors and integrate them through a series of manipulations, including: matching features between contour lines that have the same geological property; building a mapping function between each matched pair; generating transitional contour lines; constructing surfaces from transitional contours and original contours. The main process can be summarized as follows: (1) matching geological feature; (2) building mapping function; (3) generating transition model; (4) constructing surface. A standard mathematical model which can resolve contour lines from parallel sections and a extended model that can resolve contour lines from cross sections are both defined in this paper. Some illustrative examples and analytical data are given at the end of this paper to prove that the surface reconstructed by this algorithm has much better quality than traditional ones.
Key words: geological modeling; surface reconstruction; contours; quality control
YANG Yang , PAN Mao , WU Gengyu , SUN Ying , LI Kuixing . High Quality Geological Surface Reconstruction from Planar Contours[J]. Journal of Geo-information Science, 2015 , 17(3) : 253 -259 . DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1047.2015.00253
Fig. 1 Classifications of skinny triangles图1 3种典型的退化三角形[18] |
Fig. 2 This tessellation of a fold from traditional contour model has a large number of skinny triangles图2 传统轮廓线建模会产生大量退化三角形 |
Fig. 3 An example of geological surface reconstruction from planar contours图3 轮廓线三维地质建模应用示例 |
Fig. 4 Illustration of standard model图4 标准模型示意图 |
Fig. 5 Illustration of the correspondences between points图5 点对应关系示意图 |
Fig. 6 Illustration of interpolation of the transition line in standard model图6 标准模型过渡轮廓线求取示意图 |
Fig. 7 Illustration of interpolation of the transition line in extended model图7 扩展模型过渡轮廓线求取示意图 |
Fig. 8 Illustration of a stratigraphic model图8 水平地层模型 |
Fig. 9 Reconstruction of a complex ore body model图9 复杂矿体模型 |
Fig. 10 Reconstruction of a fault from fault trace and fault sticks图10 剖面断层轮廓线结合地表地质图上断层走势线进行断层面重构 |
Fig. 11 Reconstruction of a fold contours from the traces of four cross sections图11 利用交叉剖面上的轮廓线进行褶皱面重建 |
Tab. 2 Quality evaluation diagram of the testing models表2 模型质量评估表 |
测试模型 | 传统算法美化度B | 传统算法光滑度H | 本算法美化度B | 本算法光滑度H |
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图3 | 0.161608 | 5.847635 | 0.299777 | 1.258108 |
图8 | 0.075692 | 27.52082 | 0.422103 | 5.292667 |
图9 | 0.144637 | 20.63944 | 0.369782 | 3.956764 |
图10 | 0.110934 | 2.144750 | 0.408326 | 1.545399 |
图11 | 0.097412 | 6.380472 | 0.399181 | 0.075950 |
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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