Implicit 3D Model building from remote sensing and sparse field data. Application to the La Popa Basin, Mexico

@inproceedings{CaumonGM2008,
 abstract = { The wealth of remote sensing data freely available from the web opens new perspectives for
preparing 
eld studies by creating draft 3D geological models. Typically, it is possible to obtain
Digital Elevation Models and satellite images with a resolution in the range of 10-100 meters. Once
these data have been georeferenced, it is therefore possible to compute automatically dips from

at irons and incised valleys. Together with picks of the main relief markers, these dips provide
extremely valuable information to create 
rst-order geological models using implicit techniques on
tetrahedral models. These models can then be re
ned and updated easily using 
eld measurements
and interpretive maps and cross-sections. We demonstrate this global work
ow on a structurally
complex basin in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Northeastern Mexico, and discuss avenues for future
improvements. },
 author = { Caumon, Guillaume AND Antoine, Christophe AND Le Carlier de Veslud, Christian AND Titeux, Marc-Olivier AND Gray, Gary G. AND Pellerin, Jeanne AND Castagnac, Claire AND Cherpeau, Nicolas AND Cavelius, Claude AND Lallier, Florent AND Wagner, Laurent },
 booktitle = { Proc. 28th Gocad Meeting, Nancy },
 title = { Implicit 3D Model building from remote sensing and sparse field data. Application to the La Popa Basin, Mexico },
 year = { 2008 }
}