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Published as Geophysics, 75, no. 4, A25-A30, (2010)

Predictive painting of 3-D seismic volumes

Sergey Fomel

sergey.fomel@beg.utexas.edu
John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences
The University of Texas at Austin
University Station, Box X
Austin, TX 78713-8924

Abstract:

Structural information is the most important content of seismic images. I introduce a numerical algorithm for spreading information in 3-D volumes according to the local structure of seismic events. The algorithm consists of two steps. First, local spatially-variable inline and crossline slopes of seismic events are estimated by the plane-wave-destruction method. Next, a seed trace is inserted in the volume, and the information contained in that trace is spread inside the volume, thus automatically ``painting'' the data space. Immediate applications of this technique include automatic horizon picking and flattening in applications to both prestack and post-stack seismic data analysis. Synthetic and field data tests demonstrate the effectiveness of predictive painting.






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