Rapid geological modeling by using implicit 3D potential field interpolation method

This paper presents a novel approach to rapid modeling geological structures in 3D from data available in geology and mineral exploration, namely the geological map and a DTM, structural data, borehole data and interpretations of the geologist. This original method has been developed to model geology using the location of the geological interfaces and orientation data from structural field. Both types of data are cokriged to interpolate a continuous 3D potential-field scalar function describing the geometry of the geology. Geology contact locations set the position of reference isovalues while orientation data are the gradients of the scalar function. Geometry of geological bodies is achieved by discretizing reference isovalues.