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Author Barnes, Arthur E., author

Title Handbook of poststack seismic attributes / Arthur E. Barnes ; [edited by] Rebecca Latimer, managing editor, Elizabeth Lorenzetti Harvey, volume editor
Published Tulsa, Oklahoma (8801 South Yale St., Tulsa OK 74137-3175) : Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 254 pages) : illustrations
Series Geophysical references series ; no. 21
Geophysical references ; v. 21.
Contents Preface -- 1. Overview of poststack seismic attributes -- 2. History of seismic attributes -- 3. Attribute maps and interval attributes -- 4. Complex seismic trace analysis -- 5. Structural and stratigraphic attributes -- 6. Seismic discontinuity -- 7. Spectral decomposition and waveform classification -- 8. Relative acoustic impedance and Q -- 9. Multiattribute analysis -- 10. Applying seismic attributes -- Appendix A. Analysis windows -- Appendix B. Hilbert transform -- Appendix C. Derivative filter -- Appendix D. Discrete formulas for approximating instantaneous frequency and relative amplitude change -- Appendix E. Vector traces
Summary The Handbook of Poststack Seismic Attributes (SEG Geophysical References Series No. 21) is a general reference for poststack seismic attributes. It discusses their theory, meaning, computation, and application, with the goal of improving understanding so that seismic attributes can be applied more effectively. The chapters of the book build upon each other and progress from basic attributes to more involved methods. The book introduces the ideas that underlie seismic attributes and reviews their history from their origins to current developments. It examines attribute maps and interval statistics; complex trace attributes; 3D attributes that quantify aspects of geologic structure and stratigraphy, primarily dip, azimuth, curvature, reflection spacing, and parallelism; seismic discontinuity attributes derived through variances or differences; spectral decomposition, thin-bed analysis, and waveform classification; the two poststack methods that purportedly record rock properties -- relative acoustic impedance through recursive inversion, and Q estimation through spectral ratioing; and multiattribute analysis through volume blending, cross-plotting, principal component analysis, and unsupervised classification. The book ends with an overview of how seismic attributes aid data interpretation and discusses bright spots, frequency shadows, faults, channels, diapirs, and data reconnaissance. A glossary provides definitions of seismic attributes and methods, and appendices provide background mathematics. The book is intended for reflection seismologists engaged in petroleum exploration, including seismic data interpreters, data processors, researchers, and students
Notes SEG Digital Library"--Website
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index
Notes Title from PDF title page (SEG eBooks Website, viewed November 1, 2016)
Subject Seismic prospecting.
Seismic reflection method.
Seismic prospecting
Seismic reflection method
Form Electronic book
Author Latimer, Rebecca B., editor
Harvey, Elizabeth Lorenzetti, editor
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, publisher.
ISBN 9781560803324
1560803320
9781523116102
1523116102