A method is disclosed for modeling a point bar associated with a multi-story channel belt, the method including: (a) in response to a plurality of rock classifications, generating a first two dimensional grid representing a grid of a top of the point bar and generating a second two dimensional grid representing a grid of a bottom of the point bar within the multi-story channel belt; and (b) in response to the first and second two dimensional grids representing the grid of the top and the bottom of the point bar, generating a three dimensional grid representing a volume of the point bar including the grid of the top of the point bar, the grid of the bottom of the point bar, and a grid of a side of the point bar.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a Utility Application of prior pending Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/388,966 filed Jun. 14, 2002 entitled "Method for generating grids to represent fluvial sand bodies".
