Talk:Geologic modelling

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I have divided geologic modeling for petroleum into following:

Basin Modeling Source Rock Modeling Structure and Trap Modeling Reservoir Modeling


Geological modelling isn't just used in oil and gas. Most ore deposits are now modelled in 3D. The definitions in the main article can certainly be expanded to get away from a narrow seismic tomography definition. Rolinator


Geological modelling is now standard practice in many Geological Surveys and in the British Geological Survey most models currently built are in Superficial Deposits (Quaternary and Tertiary) for the main purpose of water resource management. I suggest this article will need some updating in that respect. I am also looking to work on the pages Geological Survey and Geology to bring out this change in practice

HolgerK 21:10, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Links to software vendors

Mwtoews makes a good point about all these external links (I've added my share). What I think we really need is sections covering each of the types of software package, describing them and their use in a generic way, with all the software vendor links perhaps relegated to an external links section, if not removed altogether. I'll try to find the time to start the process. Mikenorton (talk) 16:48, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

With the subject matter in this article, discussion of software is critical. One idea I have is to keep notable software (typically public domain/open source codes, or software that is truly innovative in it's field and not reproducing similar functionality as other software) and remove non-notable codes (particularly if they have the same functionality as other "more notable" products). Ideally, if the software is notable, it should have a wikipedia article and not a link to an external website (see the "Groundwater modelling" section). Should we assess what should be kept as "notable" and start article stubs to those articles? This way we can remove all software external links (since they would be available in the "notable" articles?) Any thoughts? +mt 18:37, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

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