Singularity analysis: a tool for extracting lithologic and stratigraphic content from seismic data
In this work, we test an amplitude-independent method of seisimic data analysis designed to extract lithologic information about stratigraphic horizons. We apply the method of singularity characterization in an attempt to determine the sharpness of lithologic boundaries. We infer the sharpness of th...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Technical Report |
| Published: |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory
2012
|
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68609 |
| _version_ | 1826197607773372416 |
|---|---|
| author | Lyons, William J. Herrmann, Felix Grotzinger, John P. |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory Lyons, William J. Herrmann, Felix Grotzinger, John P. |
| author_sort | Lyons, William J. |
| collection | MIT |
| description | In this work, we test an amplitude-independent method of seisimic data analysis designed to extract lithologic information about stratigraphic horizons. We apply the method of singularity characterization in an attempt to determine the sharpness of lithologic boundaries. We infer the sharpness of the boundary based upon a fractional integration of the seismic trace. The order of fractional integration is taken to represent the abruptness of the lithologic transition responsible for a given reflector. We find that the method output behaves in a geologically reasonable manner which suggests that our method is responding to lithologic variations along boundaries responsible for prominent reflectors in the data. |
| first_indexed | 2024-09-23T10:50:14Z |
| format | Technical Report |
| id | mit-1721.1/68609 |
| institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| last_indexed | 2024-09-23T10:50:14Z |
| publishDate | 2012 |
| publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | mit-1721.1/686092019-04-12T15:20:15Z Singularity analysis: a tool for extracting lithologic and stratigraphic content from seismic data Lyons, William J. Herrmann, Felix Grotzinger, John P. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory Lyons, William J. Herrmann, Felix Grotzinger, John P. In this work, we test an amplitude-independent method of seisimic data analysis designed to extract lithologic information about stratigraphic horizons. We apply the method of singularity characterization in an attempt to determine the sharpness of lithologic boundaries. We infer the sharpness of the boundary based upon a fractional integration of the seismic trace. The order of fractional integration is taken to represent the abruptness of the lithologic transition responsible for a given reflector. We find that the method output behaves in a geologically reasonable manner which suggests that our method is responding to lithologic variations along boundaries responsible for prominent reflectors in the data. 2012-01-17T19:04:44Z 2012-01-17T19:04:44Z 2001 Technical Report http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68609 Earth Resources Laboratory Industry Consortia Annual Report;2001-03 application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory |
| spellingShingle | Lyons, William J. Herrmann, Felix Grotzinger, John P. Singularity analysis: a tool for extracting lithologic and stratigraphic content from seismic data |
| title | Singularity analysis: a tool for extracting lithologic and stratigraphic content from seismic data |
| title_full | Singularity analysis: a tool for extracting lithologic and stratigraphic content from seismic data |
| title_fullStr | Singularity analysis: a tool for extracting lithologic and stratigraphic content from seismic data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Singularity analysis: a tool for extracting lithologic and stratigraphic content from seismic data |
| title_short | Singularity analysis: a tool for extracting lithologic and stratigraphic content from seismic data |
| title_sort | singularity analysis a tool for extracting lithologic and stratigraphic content from seismic data |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68609 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT lyonswilliamj singularityanalysisatoolforextractinglithologicandstratigraphiccontentfromseismicdata AT herrmannfelix singularityanalysisatoolforextractinglithologicandstratigraphiccontentfromseismicdata AT grotzingerjohnp singularityanalysisatoolforextractinglithologicandstratigraphiccontentfromseismicdata |