Identifying Reflectors in Seismic Images via Statistic and Syntactic Methods

In geologic interpretation of seismic reflection data, accurate identification of reflectors is the foremost step to ensure proper subsurface structural definition. Reflector information, along with other data sets, is a key factor to predict the presence of hydrocarbons. In this work, mathematic an...

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Main Authors: Carlos A. Perez, German Y. Ojeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Institute of Informatics and Cybernetics 2010-04-01
Series:Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics
Online Access:http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/CV$/sci/pdfs/GF425DI.pdf
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Summary:In geologic interpretation of seismic reflection data, accurate identification of reflectors is the foremost step to ensure proper subsurface structural definition. Reflector information, along with other data sets, is a key factor to predict the presence of hydrocarbons. In this work, mathematic and pattern recognition theory was adapted to design two statistical and two syntactic algorithms which constitute a tool in semiautomatic reflector identification. The interpretive power of these four schemes was evaluated in terms of prediction accuracy and computational speed. Among these, the semblance method was confirmed to render the greatest accuracy and speed. Syntactic methods offer an interesting alternative due to their inherently structural search method.
ISSN:1690-4524