Computer Earth Modelling

Undergraduate

is an introduction to the techniques of constructing and working with 3D computer models, i.e., a digital twin, of the Earth's subsurface. Techniques covered include the different ways of digitally representing the subsurface (voxellated or object-based), approaches for interpolation and extrapolation from known data points, and methods for automatically generating geological interfaces through a model ("implicit modelling"). Applications covered include resource exploration, CO 2 sequestration, hydrogeology, and geotechnical.