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INTRODUCTION

In many scientific endeavors of a computational nature, the representation or the simulation of natural phenomena requires the use of grids. As a matter of fact, such processes are often described by complex sets of equations like partial differential equations that rarely have simple analytical solutions when it becomes necessary to mimic reality. In particular, in geophysics, 2-D or 3-D grids are commonly used for such purposes as finite-difference schemes applied to wave-propagation analysis or traveltime computation.

GOCAD is a software for handling surfaces in 3-D and therefore allows the representation and the definition of sophisticated 3-D models. The definition of 3-D grids is possible in GOCAD via the GRID3_t object Mallet (1993), but once the empty grid has been allocated, it is necessary to assign to each node of the grid a corresponding value of the variables extracted from the model.

In this article I try to verify the feasibility of designing such a grid especially for complex models, and then I propose a new implementation of the GRID3_t object in a manner more convenient for geophysical and geological purposes.

 
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Figure 1
A 2-D slice of an example of a GOCAD model.
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% real V  ; /* Velocity */
% real d0 ; /* Density  */

% function density() ; % function K_compute() ;

Domain_3 : S1-, F-, S2+ ; /* Portlandian */ { V = 3100.0 ; d0 = 2.75 ; }

Domain_4 : S2-, F-, S3+ ; /* Kimeridgian : clay */ { V = 2700.0 ;

density( input1, output1 ) ;

real porosity = 0.37 ; }

Domain_5 : S3-, S4+ ; /* Oxfordian : salt */ { V = 4200.0 ;

real K0_x = 3300 ; /* Porosity */ real K0_y = 456 ;

K_compute( point, result ) ; }


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Stanford Exploration Project
11/17/1997