{"id":102,"date":"2020-11-15T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T00:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/geologic-frameworks-for-groundwater-flow-models\/?post_type=chapter&p=102"},"modified":"2020-12-12T23:23:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T23:23:36","slug":"building-a-static-model-from-lithologic-data","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/geologic-frameworks-for-groundwater-flow-models\/chapter\/building-a-static-model-from-lithologic-data\/","title":{"raw":"9 Building a Static Model from Lithologic Data","rendered":"9 Building a Static Model from Lithologic Data"},"content":{"raw":"When sufficient geologic data are available for defining a groundwater modeling framework, modeling software such as RockWorks<\/a> can be used to create a grid of lithologic types throughout the model domain, with hydraulic properties assigned to each lithologic type (Figure 18). An animated view of the model is presented in this video<\/a>. The 35 second (~80Mb) animation rotates the basin in three-dimensional space while showing: the bedrock surface; the lithologic logs used to determine the lithology distribution; fence diagrams along a few cross sections; and the final solid model sequentially sliced from west to east and back, then from south to north and back. Fine-grained materials are displayed as purple, medium-grained as yellow, and coarse-grained as orange with faults as red.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_104\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"]\"Lithologic Figure\u00a0<\/strong>18\u00a0-\u00a0<\/strong>Lithologic model starting with a) definition of the bedrock surface; definition of lithologic types in each borehole; c) a few fence diagrams after lithologic types are interpolated and extrapolated between wells; and d) the full solid lithologic model. Images provided by RockWare (2020).[\/caption]","rendered":"

When sufficient geologic data are available for defining a groundwater modeling framework, modeling software such as RockWorks<\/a> can be used to create a grid of lithologic types throughout the model domain, with hydraulic properties assigned to each lithologic type (Figure 18). An animated view of the model is presented in this video<\/a>. The 35 second (~80Mb) animation rotates the basin in three-dimensional space while showing: the bedrock surface; the lithologic logs used to determine the lithology distribution; fence diagrams along a few cross sections; and the final solid model sequentially sliced from west to east and back, then from south to north and back. Fine-grained materials are displayed as purple, medium-grained as yellow, and coarse-grained as orange with faults as red.<\/p>\n

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