Gray-level transformation and Canny edge detection for 3D seismic discontinuity enhancement

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 192-200

  Di, Haibin ^a   Gao, Dengliang ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canny edge detector; Discontinuity; Fracture; Gray level transformation; Seismic

Indexed keywords

EDGE DETECTION; FRACTURE; SEISMIC WAVES; STRATIGRAPHY;

AMPLITUDE VARIATIONS; CANNY EDGE DETECTION; CANNY EDGE DETECTORS; DISCONTINUITY; GRAY-LEVEL TRANSFORMATION; SEISMIC; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES; STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS;

SEISMOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; DISCONTINUITY; FRACTURE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SURVEY; IMAGING METHOD; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSFORM; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84907301277     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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