The regional engineering geological conditions and geological hazard evaluation is the important part of realizing the railway geological selection, However, the accuracy of the evaluation largely depends on the reliability of basic information and reasonable mathematical model. Remote sensing provides reliable geological information and accurately reflects the geological conditions along the r...

The process of creating multi-unit 3D geological models by successive unit interpolation may be tedious and time-consuming. Here, we propose to automate this procedure through presenting the problem as a classification task and solving it simultaneously with the Support Vector Machine (SVM), a method known from the field of artificial intelligence. Experiments with various input data and kernel...

Uncertainties are common in 3-D geological models, due to different causes. We address here uncertainties introduced by input data quality and incomplete knowledge with a stochastic approach. Instead of only one model, we obtain a set of probable realizations. We then apply information entropy to analyze and visualize uncertainties in discretized representations of the models. In a simple examp...

Short for Hexahedra from Unique Location in (K)convex Polyhedra – HULK is a simple and efficient algorithm to generate hexahedral meshes from generic STL files describing a geological model to be used in simulation tools based on the finite difference, finite volume or finite element methods. Using binary space partitioning of the input geometry and octree refinement on the grid, a successive i...

In this work, an effective technique for the measurement of seismic wave propagation velocity in the real geological medium is presented. The propagation velocities of seismic waves vary in different types of geological media from 100 m/s to 6800 m/s. Due to this, it is necessary to evaluate the propagation of the seismic wave front between the different points in the real media. The signal tim...

Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave (SASW) is widely used in nondestructive subsurface profiling for geological sites. The air-coupled SASW is an extension from conventional SASW methods by replacing ground-mounted accelerometers with non-contact microphones, which acquire a leaky surface wave instead of ground vibration. The air-coupled SASW is a good candidate for fast inspection in shallow geo...

An anion exchange procedure has been optimized for the analysis of platinum group elements (PGEs) in geological samples at low abundances by adding two stages: chlorination and replicate sorption onto a small anion exchange column. Combined with neutron activation analysis (NAA) and ultrasonic nebulization inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (USN-ICP-MS) determination, this procedure i...

The Ceará Central Domain, in the northern Borborema Province/NE Brazil, encompasses important geological records (geosites) which allow understanding a relevant period of the Earth's evolution, mainly associated to Neoproterozoic Brazilian/Pan-African Cycle and West Gondwana amalgamation, besides Neoarchean to Ordovician records. The presented geoheritage inventory aims to characterise the geos...

Streamlines have proven useful for visualizing and solving complex history-matching problems that enhance reservoir description. This paper presents a novel, multiple-scale streamline-based technique that perturbs the reservoir model in a manner fully consistent with prior geological data. Streamlines define dynamic drainage zones around production wells and the mismatch between historical and ...

The load entering from the ground surrounding on the tunnel’s lining is one of the effective parameters in the designation of a tunnel. The amount of this parameter, which is called Rock load in a rocky environment, depends on several factors such as the overburden thickness, geological and geomechanical conditions and the depth of tunnel. In the present study, the amount of rock load for the L...