Stratigraphy controls many of the world’s most valuable mineral deposits. From sediment-hosted copper and uranium to coal, phosphates, iron formations, and chromite reefs, building strong stratigraphic models is fundamental to geological interpretation, resource evaluation, and exploration targeting.
But while stratigraphy may look simple, modelling it can quickly become complex and challenging. Geoprofessionals are capturing more data than ever before, yet traditional explicit modelling techniques remain extremely time-consuming. They often force you to perform extensive manual editing and surface tweaking, risking the omission of critical data. Traditional workarounds, such as grouping several lithologies where pinch-outs occur and then manually carving up the refined model, can add unnecessary layers of complexity and subjective error.
This session is designed to help you get the most out of Leapfrog Geo's new advanced stratigraphy tool. You will learn a data-driven workflow designed to reduce subjective manual work, increase consistency, and let genuine geological relationships (including order, thickness, pinch-outs, splits, mergers, and unconformities) guide your model.
Key Learnings:
- Compare simple stratigraphic sequences with the new advanced stratigraphy tool.
- Use statistical features to check hole validity, evaluate layer thicknesses, and track pinch-outs.
- Customise reference surfaces, letting the layer with the most data (or your preferred layer) guide the sequence.
- Display and edit missing and pinch-out points to control how your surfaces thin out or disappear.
- Incorporate structural forms to dynamically influence layer thicknesses.
Build, activate, and refine your final stratigraphic model.