Patent ID: 8606555

Claim:
A system configured to model the geological architecture of a geologic volume of interest, the system comprising: electronic storage configured to store a model of a geologic volume of interest, wherein the stored model of the geologic volume of interest represents one or more geologic parameters of the geologic volume of interest as a function of position within the geologic volume of interest, wherein the model of the geologic volume of interest comprises a first event model of a first flow event within the geologic volume of interest, and wherein the first flow event corresponds to a first point in geologic time; one or more processors configured to execute one or more computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising: a local conditioning data module configured to obtain local conditioning data related to a second flow event within the geologic volume of interest, wherein the local conditioning data is derived from measurements of at least one of the one or more geologic parameters of the geologic volume of interest represented in the model of the geologic volume of interest, and wherein the second flow event corresponds to a second point in geologic time that is subsequent to the first point in geologic time; a constraint module configured to determine, for the second flow event, constraints on the one or more geologic parameters represented by the model of the geologic volume of interest, wherein the constraints are determined based on the local conditioning data related to the second flow event; an event module configured to generate a plurality of second event models, wherein the event module dynamically self-positions the second flow event during generation of each second event model from a proximal end to a distal end of the geologic volume of interest based on one or more geologic parameters determined by the constraint module, and one or more environmental conditions; a selection module configured to select one of the plurality of second event models for incorporation into the model of the geologic volume of interest; and a model module configured to incorporate the selected second event model into the model of the geologic volume of interest.