Generating a relative geologic time volume by 3D graph-cut phase unwrapping method with horizon and unconformity constraints

Geophysics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Wu, Xinming ^a   Zhong, Guangfa ^a  

^a Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

3D; Algorithm; Interpretation; Seismic attributes; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GRAPHIC METHODS; IMAGE PROCESSING; STRATIGRAPHY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

COMPUTING EFFICIENCY; INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; INTERPRETATION; PHASE UNWRAPPING METHODS; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS; SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRONG DISCONTINUITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; CARBONATE ROCK; DATA INTERPRETATION; GEOLOGICAL TIME; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC METHOD; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCONFORMITY;

CHINA; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 84864112788     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/geo2011-0351.1     Document Type: Article

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