Dynamic Anisotropy: Interpolating Angles

Interpolating angles into a geological model

Interpolating Angles into a Geological Model

Once the dip and dip direction data has been created, the next stage is to interpolate the two sets of angles into the block model. However, it is not possible to use the standard interpolation methods in  ESTIMA as angle data is circular – for example the average of 340o and 30o is 5o.  A new method (IMETHOD=8) has been added to ESTIMA that has all the functionality of inverse power of distance (IMETHOD=2) but can be used with angular data. Therefore interpolating the angular data can be done through the standard ESTIMA process using IMETHOD=8.

The angular data option has also been added to the ESTIMATE dialog as a check box adjacent to the Inverse Power of Distance method.

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