METHOD FOR PERFORMING STRATIGRAPHICALLY-BASED SEED DETECTIONIN A 3-D SEISMIC DATA VOLUME

摘要

The invention is a method for performing a stratigraphically-based seed detection in a 3-D seismic data volume. The method incorporates criteria tha t honor the layered nature of the subsurface so that the resulting seismic objects are stratigraphically reasonable. The method may be used to extract from a seismic data volume all seismic objects that satisfy the input criter ia (135). Alternatively, the method may be used to determine the size and shape of a to specific seismic object in a seismic data volume.