SSP
Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology

3D

The digitalization of sedimentary outcrops

The digitalization of sedimentary outcrops

From sketches to first photos Knowledge of geology and, in particular of sedimentology, has successfully been transferred and shared for hundreds of years through sketches. Like a botanist or zoologist, a geologist is able to record data from the field with just a paper and a pencil in the form of drawings (see one of the earliest published sketches of an outcrop in Figure 1). Geological maps and ...[Read More]