IDENTIFYING AND EXTRACTING FAULT BLOCKS IN ONE OR MORE BODIES REPRESENTING A GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE

摘要

Systems and methods for identifying and extracting fault blocks in one or more bodies representing a geological structure by performing a fault block analysis on the bodies to extract fault blocks without seams or intrusions for simple identification.

主权项

1. A method for identifying and extracting fault blocks in one or more bodies representing a geological structure, which comprises:
a) loading a plurality of bodies, wherein each body includes a side patch, a center of mass and a volume; b) assigning a fault flag to each respective body, wherein each fault flag is designated as empty; c) selecting a fault flag that is assigned to one of the plurality of bodies with a side patch that is a fault; d) converting the selected fault flag from empty to a fault representing a fault-flagged body; e) selecting each one of the plurality of bodies that is below the fault-flagged body; f) identifying each body selected below the fault-flagged body that is a continuation of the fault-flagged body using a computer processor; g) repeating steps c)-f) for each fault flag assigned to one of the plurality of bodies with a side patch that is a fault; and h) separating each fault-flagged body and each body identified as a respective continuation of the fault-flagged body from the plurality of bodies into a group of bodies.