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- 60Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of/Theses and Dissertations
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- 15Deutsch, Clayton (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 3Deutsch, Clayton V. (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 2Deutsch, Clayton (Mining Engineering)
- 2Jeff Boisvert (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Askari-Nasab, Hooman (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Askari-Nasab,Hooman (School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering)
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Fall 2011
This dissertation proposes an improved facies modelling methodology that involves a new geological spatial characterization tool, a geological based spatial distance calculation, and a theoretically sound conditional probability calculation. The full set of bivariate probabilities are proposed...
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Spring 2024
Multiple data types should be used simultaneously to improve resource estimation models. The multivariate relationship between the data is required. One common approach involves using decorrelation transformation techniques to simplify complex relationships, but this method relies on having...
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Fall 2020
Multivariate techniques aim to integrate multiple variables and/or data in the same framework to improve uncertainty assessment in high resolution geostatistical models. The necessity to build models that better quantify the uncertainty with limited data that are often collected with different...
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Fall 2014
Considering nonstationary features in geostatistical modeling is important. Recent developments in nonlinear estimation provide a practical way to infuse geological realism into numerical modeling by incorporating complex spatial features. Second order nonstationarity when present must be...
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Fall 2019
The impact of geomechanical behavior in the SAGD process has received increased attention over the last decade because of its importance in assessing caprock integrity and potential influence on production performance. The deformations and potential shear failures in the reservoir lead to...
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Fall 2016
Grade control establishes the final destinations for mined material (plant, stockpile, waste dump, etc.) at the time of mining. Correct decisions bring profit to a mining company while incorrect decisions bring losses. There are several potential sources of misclassification of mined material: i)...
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Integration of 4D Seismic Data in Reservoir Characterization with Facies Parameter Uncertainty
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Reservoir exploration and production are always conducted in presence of geological uncertainty that is an inevitable result of incomplete data and heterogeneity at all scales. Modeling subsurface geology based on limited data is subject to uncertainty and its accurate assessment plays a key role...
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Spring 2014
Open-pit mining is widely used to extract natural resources. Low cut-off grades and large operations can make open-pit mining profitable. An important challenge is to determine the optimum production schedule. Usually the goal is to maximize the net present value of the project while delivering...
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Magnetotelluric Imaging of Electrically Anisotropic Crust Near Fort McMurray, Alberta: Implications for Engineered Geothermal Systems
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The goal of this thesis is to investigate the character of the basement rocks beneath the oilsands region around Fort McMurray in the context of developing engineered geothermal systems (EGS). Magnetotelluric (MT) data were collected at 94 stations on two profiles near to Fort McMurray and...