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Master's Thesis
Tentative title: Reconstructing
three-dimensional rock from a two-dimensional thin section
I am looking at how to make
an artificial rock by taking statistical measurements
from a thin section and then using an optimization technique known
as simulated annealing to recreate a structure with the same
measurements. Hopefully this will provide a good approximation to a
real piece of rock, which can be used as an input into a pore
network simulator.
Currently, we are
limited to images obtained from micro-tomography. As well as
being a costly and time consuming process this also requires a core
sample. Unfortunately, we do not always have this luxury and
my approach should provide a cheaper, quicker alternative.
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