Abstract
Abstract Jef Caers of Stanford University reviews Elements of Mathematical Sedimentary Geology: the GeoChron Model by Jean-Laurent Mallet and published by EAGE. Anyone involved in subsurface forecasting will be aware of the impact that the zeroth order structural framework has on assessing reserves and reservoir performance. Yet, until 2004 (Mallet, 2004), no single unifying mathematical theory existed to create such a structural framework within which reservoir properties can be generated consistently. Most existing techniques borrowed ideas from CAD techniques in fields not related to geology, employing ad-hoc meshing and gridding that result in structural models and grids that were geologically implausible, requiring tedious correction or worse and also requiring simplification by removing faults and horizons too complex to handle. The initial 2004 paper has now evolved in to a new book and new commercial software-the culmination of Jean-Laurent’s brilliant career in this field.
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