Error detection in seismic data

摘要

The present invention relates to the detection of errors in seismic data and in particular to apparatus for detecting errors in frames of seismic data that can be presented as images. Due to the techniques used for collecting seismic data, an image produced to represent that data will typically be expected to exhibit an inherent symmetry about an axis. The apparatus of the present invention comprises a storage device for storing a frame of seismic data which can be presented as an image, a selection device for selecting an axis within the image as the axis of symmetry, and a divider for dividing the data about the axis of symmetry to create first and second sets of data. Further it includes a comparison means for comparing the sets of data according to preselected matching criteria to determine, based on the degree of matching, whether the extent of mismatch in the frame of data is within a predetermined tolerance.