{"id":437,"date":"2026-02-17T10:28:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/?p=437"},"modified":"2026-02-17T10:28:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:28:26","slug":"what-is-virtual-seismic-geology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/what-is-virtual-seismic-geology\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Virtual Seismic Geology ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"viewer-foo\">In fact, the first question is why ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-djs22\">One of the most important challenges in teaching geology is bringing the outside world into the classroom. During a pandemic, obviously, an inability to safely bring students into the classroom doesn\u2019t make that any easier. Geology is a very spatial science and can require a lot of 3-D visualization. Virtual geology, while not a substitute for hammering, can provide alternatives. It can even be very complementary to traditional teaching and even opens up prospects for students with disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paleturquoise-reindeer-331443.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/virtual-reality-brings-the-mountain-to-the-geologist-hero-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-436\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-38qr0\">(Credit: AAPG)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-241ph\">3D geology field visualization could be a solution in geo-education. Although, augmented reality will be the next challenge in geology, it will generate large volumes of data ! I am involved in a learning lab in seismic interpretation, based on the relationship with mining and petroleum industries: Kingdom (SMT), Petrel-Techlog-Petromod (Schlumberger), Paleoscan (Eliis) etc&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-1m3ud\">So, my daily challenge is to bring back the field into the classroom at a seismic scale !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-c3ed\">Here is an example from Apllied Stratigraphix in the Permian Basin of the Books Cliffs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paleturquoise-reindeer-331443.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Seismic-1-1024x602.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-437\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-8abst\">Links to virtual geology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/virtualoutcrop.com\/vgc2018\/programme\/immersive-geoscience\">https:\/\/virtualoutcrop.com\/vgc2018\/programme\/immersive-geoscience<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digieduhack.com\/en\/solutions\/3d-virtual-reality-of-geology-field-trips\">https:\/\/digieduhack.com\/en\/solutions\/3d-virtual-reality-of-geology-field-trips<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2076-3263\/11\/4\/149\/htm\">https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2076-3263\/11\/4\/149\/htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In fact, the first question is why ? One of the most important challenges in teaching geology is bringing the outside world into the classroom. During a pandemic, obviously, an inability to safely bring students into the classroom doesn\u2019t make that any easier. Geology is a very spatial science and can require a lot of&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/what-is-virtual-seismic-geology\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is Virtual Seismic Geology ?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[47],"class_list":["post-437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-teaching","tag-field-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438,"href":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}