RockWorks Case Studies

Contents

• Introduction
• Aggregates
• Coal
• Geomorphology
• Geophysics
• Geotechnical
• Groundwater
• Groundwater Contamination
• Mining
• Petroleum Geology
• Sand & Gravel
• Solid Modeling
• Stratigraphy
• Surveying
• Miscellaneous

Introduction

The following case studies and examples provide step-by-step instructions for using RockWorks within a variety of applications.

Aggregates

• Computing Aggregate Reserves for a Site with Two Isolated Carbonate Units (RockWorks/2002: 6/26/03)
   
• Limestone Case Study (RockWorks/99: 6/27/03)

Coal

• Modeling a Multi-Seam Coal Reserve (RockWorks/2002: 6/26/03)
   
• Multi-Seam Coal Reserve (RockWorks/99: 6/26/03)

Geomorphology

• Adjusting DEM Grids to Fit Measured Elevations (RockWorks/2002: 8/26/03)
   
• Draping a Drainage Net Over a 3D Surface  (RockWorks/2002: 6/23/03)
   
• Creating a 3D Surface Diagram Based on a 2D Contour Map & an Aerial Photograph (RockWorks/2002: 6/26/03)

Geophysics

• 3D Digital Analysis of Gravity/Magnetic Survey Data, Bellefontaine Outlier area, Ohio (RockWorks/2002: 2/17/04)
   
• 3D Visualization of Seismic Activity Associated with the Nazca and South American Plate Subduction Zone Along Southwestern Chile (RockWorks/2002: 6/27/03)
   
• Creating 3D Diagrams Depicting Earthquake Magnitudes Along a Subducting Plate Boundary (RockWorks/2002: 6/26/03)

Groundwater Contamination

• Analysis of Cesium-137 Concentrations at the 200 Area of the Hanford Waste Site (RockWorks/2002: 9/23/03)
   
• Leaking Tanks with Five Monitoring Wells (RockWorks/2002: 6/26/03)
   
• Modeling NAPLS in the Subsurface (RockWorks/2002: 3/28/03)

Mining

• Computing Aggregate Reserves for a Site with Two Isolated Carbonate Units (RockWorks/2002: 6/26/03)
   
• Computing Stockpile Volumes (RockWorks/2002: 6/26/03)
   
• Sand & Gravel Case Study (RockWorks/2004: 1/12/06)
   
• Sand & Gravel Resources Within Lease 3B (RockWorks/2002: 6/26/03)
• Modeling a Multi-Seam Coal Reserve (RockWorks/2002: 6/26/03)
   
• Dredge Mining & Sand Reserves (RockWorks/99: 7/15/03)
   
• Limestone Case Study (RockWorks/99: 6/27/03)
   
• Multi-Seam Coal Reserve (RockWorks/99: 6/26/03)

Petroleum Geology

• Visualizing 3-Dimensional Porosity Within A Sand Unit (RockWorks/2002: 3/28/03)

Sand & Gravel

• Sand & Gravel Case Study (RockWorks/2004: 1/12/06)
   
• Sand & Gravel Resources Within Lease 3B (RockWorks/2002: 6/26/03)
   
• Dredge Mining & Sand Reserves (RockWorks/99: 7/15/03)

Solid Modeling

• Creating a 3D Solid Model with a Pie Slice Cutaway (RockWorks/2002: 6/26/03)
   
• Truncating a 3D Solid Model Based on a Surface Model (RockWorks/2002: 6/26/03)
   
• Truncating a Solid Model based on Two Surfaces with Display as a Fence Diagram (RockWorks/2002: 9/5/03)
   
• Slicing Solid Models (RockWorks/2002: 6/26/03)

Stratigraphy

• Complex Stratigraphy in RockWorks2002 (RockWorks/2002: 8/26/03)
   
• Cutting a Pie Slice from a Stratigraphic Model (RockWorks/2002: 8/26/03)
   
• Modeling Pinch-Outs and Steep Topography in RockWorks2002 (RockWorks/2002: 6/26/03)