Charles H. Randle
Uncertainty in geological interpretations: effectiveness of expert elicitations
Randle, Charles H.; Bond, Clare E.; Lark, R. Murray; Monaghan, Alison A.
Authors
Clare E. Bond
MURRAY LARK MURRAY.LARK@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Geoinformatics
Alison A. Monaghan
Abstract
Uncertainty in geological interpretations creates and often unquantified risk for sub- surface industries. The challenge of quantifying interpretation uncertainty has been addressed using various methods. For interpretation of borehole data, empirical quantification of uncertainties can be derived from comparison of interpretations with a withheld set of borehole data not used in the interpretation. This approach requires dense, high--‐quality borehole data sets. A proposed alternative is to use expert elicitation to extract expert geologists’ mental models of uncertainty. We investigated whether expert elicitations are a viable alternative to the direct quantification of uncertainty in three different geological settings by comparing elicited distributions to empirically derived uncertainty distributions. We show that uncertainty distributions derived from expert elicitations are different from those observed in empirical uncertainty quantification. This means that expert elicitations are not as appropriate for estimating uncertainty as these empirical approaches. Expert elicitations, however, offer other benefits to an interpretation workflow, such as providing insight into and challenging different conceptual models of the geology.
Citation
Randle, C. H., Bond, C. E., Lark, R. M., & Monaghan, A. A. (2019). Uncertainty in geological interpretations: effectiveness of expert elicitations. Geosphere, 15(1), 108-118. https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01586.1
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 6, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 10, 2019 |
Publication Date | Jan 10, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Nov 22, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 22, 2018 |
Journal | Geosphere |
Electronic ISSN | 1553-040X |
Publisher | Geological Society of America |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 15 |
Issue | 1 |
Article Number | 1 |
Pages | 108-118 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01586.1 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1298971 |
Publisher URL | https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/568218/uncertainty-in-geological-interpretations |
Contract Date | Nov 22, 2018 |
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