Earth models for underground resource exploration and estimation

Michel Perrin (1) , Jean-François Rainaud (2) , Sandrine Grataloup (3)

1 École des Mines de Paris
2 IFPEN - IFP Energies nouvelles
3 BRGM - Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM)

This chapter introduces a certain number of geological concepts that are reused in the rest of the book. It depicts the geological objects classically explored for underground resources exploitation (hydrocarbon, water, storage of energy or wastes) such as sedimentary basins, aquifers or reservoirs. Aim and use of geological modeling are presented. Some of the input data and some characteristics of geological models such as components and versioning are described.

Keywords: geological modeling

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Earth Sciences; Applied geology

Michel Perrin, Jean-François Rainaud, Sandrine Grataloup. Earth models for underground resource exploration and estimation. Shared Earth Modeling. Knowledge driven solutions for building and managing subsurface 3D geological models, Technip, pp.25-47, 2013. ⟨hal-00904828⟩