Definition
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process of developing a model.
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simplified and idealized understanding of a particular phenomenon or physical system. In the context of engineering geology a geo-model is a mathematical representation of a particular phenomenon occurring in the Earth’s crust based on geophysical and geological observations made on and below the Earth’s surface, built and used to explain and predict its behavior.
Introduction
A geo-model reproduces the behavior of a particular phenomenon or physical system occurring in the Earth’s crust. It usually describes the studied geo-system and its behavior by a set of variables and a set of equations that establish relationships between the variables. The variables represent certain properties of the geo-system. In engineering geology applications, chemo-thermo-hydro-mechanical processes can be modeled and many different variables can be used. For instance, for mechanical processes where motion and behavior of matter through space and...
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Fernández-Merodo, J.A. (2018). Modelling. In: Bobrowsky, P., Marker, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Engineering Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12127-7_203-1
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