Gabriel Godefroy

Kinematic and stochastic fault modeling from sparse data for structural uncertainty analysis

Research interests:

  • Structural geology
  • Uncertainty modeling
  • Kinematic fault modeling
  • My Ph.D. work (stochastic and kinematic fault modeling) is implemented within the FaultMod2 SKUA-Gocad plugin.

Other:

  • WebGL / Three.JS / C++: synthetic faulted structures built with my kinematic operator are available here: atlas.html
  • Badminton

Ph.D. manuscript short abstract:

The subsurface is largely inaccessible to direct observations. Geologists interpret the available data (that are often ambiguous or sparse) using their geological prior knowledge. In my Ph.D. manuscript, I focus on uncertainties related to the modeling of faulted structures from sparse data. These structural uncertainties impact resources exploration and production, waste storage or ground engineering hazards. I propose a method relying on graph theory and on numerical rules (representing the geological knowledge) to generate several interpretation scenarios from the available evidence. I also present a numerical fault operator that deforms preexisting geological structures in accordance with a theoretical displacement model. This kinematic modeling strategy improves the quality of 3D structural models when only few observations are available.

 

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Phd Thesis

Kinematic and stochastic fault modeling from sparse data for structural uncertainty analysis

Publications

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

in: 79th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, EAGE, Paris, France

2016

Anne-Laure Argentin and Gabriel Godefroy and Gautier Laurent.
in: 2016 RING Meeting, ASGA
in: SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts, Society of Exploration Geophysicists
in: SEG International Exposition and 86th Annual Meeting, SEG, Dallas, USA, pages 1981, 1986

2015

Pauline Collon and Alexandre Pichat and Charlie Kergaravat and Arnaud Botella and Guillaume Caumon and Océane Favreau and Gaétan Fuss and Gabriel Godefroy and Antoine Mazuyer and Marion Parquer and Jean-Paul Callot and Jean-Claude Ringenbach.
in: Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU