Elements of 3D seismology

Elements of 3D Seismology, third edition is a thorough introduction to the acquisition, processing, and interpretation of 3D seismic data. This third edition is a major update of the second edition. Sections dealing with interpretation have been greatly revised in accordance with improved understand...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Liner, Christopher L. (Author)
Other Authors Latimer, Rebecca B. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Tulsa, Oklahoma : Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2016.
EditionThird edition.
SeriesInvestigations in geophysics ; no. 19.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781560803386
156080338X
9781523116089
1523116080
9781560803379
9780931830464
1560803371
093183046X
Physical Description1 online resource (xxi, 340 pages) : illustrations.

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • part 1. Waves : the foundation of seismology
  • 1. General properties of waves
  • 2. Waves in fluids
  • 3. Understanding seismic events
  • 4. Reservoir fluid properties
  • 5. Waves in solids
  • 6. Waves in porous solids
  • part 2. Acquisition : gathering seismic data
  • 7. 2D land acquisition
  • 8. Financial aspects of 3D seismic
  • 9. Survey predesign
  • 10. Land shooting geometry
  • 11. Land 3D design optimization
  • 12. Marine acquisition methods
  • 13. Data dimensionality and components
  • part 3. Data processing : creating the seismic image
  • 14. Processing and binning overview
  • 15. Computing
  • 16. Creating the CMP stack
  • 17. Migration 1 : concepts 185
  • 18. Migration 2 : classification and velocity analysis
  • part 4. Interpretation : extracting geologic information from seismic data
  • 19. Synthetic seismogram, tuning, and resolution
  • 20. Introduction to interpretation
  • 21. Data volume
  • 22. Structure
  • 23. Stratigraphy
  • 24. Seismic attributes
  • 25. Amplitude in space, time, and offset
  • Appendix A. Fourier transform
  • Appendix B. Conversion factors
  • Appendix C. Practice problems
  • Appendix D. 3D seismic survey predesign exercise.