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The lack of a suitable training image is one of the main limitations of the application of multiple-point statistics (MPS) for the characterization of heterogeneity in real case studies. Process-imitating facies modeling techniques can potentially provide training images. However, the parameterization of these process-imitating techniques is not straightforward. Moreover, reproducing the resulting heterogeneous patterns with standard MPS can be challenging. Here the statistical properties of the paleoclimatic data set are used to select the best parameter sets for the process-imitating methods. The data set is composed of 278 lithological logs drilled in the lower Namoi catchment, New South Wales, Australia. A good understanding of the hydrogeological connectivity of this aquifer is needed to tackle groundwater management issues. The spatial variability of the facies within the lithological logs and calculated models is measured using fractal dimension, transition probability, and vertical facies proportion. To accommodate the vertical proportions trend of the data set, four different training images are simulated. The grain size is simulated alongside the lithological codes and used as an auxiliary variable in the direct sampling implementation of MPS. In this way, one can obtain conditional MPS simulations that preserve the quality and the realism of the training images simulated with the process-imitating method. The main outcome of this study is the possibility of obtaining MPS simulations that respect the statistical properties observed in the real data set and honor the observed conditioning data, while preserving the complex heterogeneity generated by the process-imitating method. In addition, it is demonstrated that an equilibrium of good fit among all the statistical properties of the data set should be considered when selecting a suitable set of parameters for the process-imitating simulations.
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This work was supported by the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Australia. The authors are grateful to F. Oriani, M.J. Pyrcz, the guest editor P. Renard, the editor in chief R. Dimitrakopoulos, and one anonymous reviewer for their constructive comments. They also acknowledge the University of Neuchâtel for providing the MPS simulation software DeeSse “DS: Multiple-Points Simulation by Direct Sampling”.
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Comunian, A., Jha, S.K., Giambastiani, B.M.S. et al. Training Images from Process-Imitating Methods. Math Geosci 46, 241–260 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11004-013-9505-y
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