3‐D Seismic Interpretation

Abstract

This volume is a brief introduction aimed at those who wish to gain a basic and relatively quick understanding of the interpretation of three‐dimensional (3‐D) seismic reflection data. The book is well written, clearly illustrated, and easy to follow. Enough elementary mathematics are presented for a basic understanding of seismic methods, but more complex mathematical derivations are avoided. References are listed for readers interested in more advanced explanations. After a brief introduction, the book logically begins with a succinct chapter on modern 3‐D seismic data acquisition and processing. Standard 3‐D acquisition methods are presented, and an appendix expands on more recent acquisition techniques, such as multiple‐azimuth and wide‐azimuth acquisition. Although this chapter covers the basics of standard time processing quite well, there is only a single sentence about prestack depth imaging, and anisotropic processing is not mentioned at all, even though both techniques are now becoming standard.