METHOD FOR PERFORMING STRATIGRAPHICALLY-BASED SEED DETECTION IN 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 THAT 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 CRITERIA. ALTERNATIVELY, THE METHOD MAY BE USED TO DETERMINE THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF A SPECIFIC SEISMIC OBJECT IN A SEISMIC DATA VOLUME.(FIG 8)