3D seismic volume visualization and interpretation: An integrated workflow with case studies

Geophysics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Gao, Dengliang ^a,b  

^a MARATHON OIL COMPANY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; DATA VISUALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STRATIGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

EXPLORATION PROJECTS; GEOLOGIC INFORMATION; GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATION; INTEGRATED WORKFLOW; SEISMIC DATA VOLUME; SEISMIC EXPLORATION; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DETECTION METHOD; EXPLORATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEISMIC DATA; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 58149466622     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3002915     Document Type: Article

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