Complex trace attributes

Window-based attributes
Basic concepts Seismic stratigraphy
Seismic geomorphology
Multiattribute Display

Growth faults
Fault
Identification of faults
Attribute imaging of faults and flexures
Time/structure map

Basinwide Regional Interpretation across Coherence time slice

Attribute expression of tectonic deformation Heterogeneous Seismic Surveys Large regional survey
Use of coherence
Workflow#1: Using attribute to delineate limits of fault zones
Dip magnitude from picked horizon
Shaded illumination Workflow#2: Using attribute time slices to help correlate
Dip and azimuth Interpretation Workflows horizons across faults
Shaded relief
Workflow #3: Using attributes to help fault naming and
Volumetric Dip and Azimuth Structural interpretation
correlation
Cross correlation Offshore Trinidad Time Slice (t=1.2 s)
Coherence Geometric attributes
Alternative measures of waveform similarity Coherence
Structural Deformation
Fracture detection Dip / Azimuth
Curvature and reflector shape
curvature attributes Curvature
Thin bed tuning Vertical seismic section
Lateral changes in amplitude and pattern recognition
2nd derivatives Time slice
Salt and Shale Diapirism Time slice through coherence volume
Coherence volume showing concentric ring fault and
stratigraphic thickening

Attributes and the seismic interprete Pick lineaments seen on curvature

Mapping Folds and Flexures
Buckling in Competent Rocks

trace balancing, statics, and improved velocity analysis
suppression via adaptive filtering
Post stack solutions to acquisition footprint
eigenvectors of the noise
Residual statics
coherence in choice of migration velocity
Impact of acquisition on dip magnitude
Common causes
Impact of footprint on conventional interpretation products
Impact of footprint on coherence
Impact of footprint on other attributes acquisition footprint
through Reprocessing the Prestack Data
Reducing Acquisition Footprint
Limits on lateral resolution due to number of Fresnel zones used
Impact of impedance inversion on resolution
Running Window Smoothing (RWS)
diffusion equation
Statics
Velocities
Filters
Migration algorithm
Use of coherence in processing QC
Interpreted channels from coherence
Detection of channels with seismic attributes
Seismic Attribute Mapping of Structure and channel
Workflow to rapidly interpret channels on time slices
Stratigraphy
Clastic environments Appearance of tidal channels
Influence of acquisition and processing
Differential compaction
unconformity
Attributes and the seismic processor Appearance of reefs on seismic data
Influence of Migration Aperture Carbonate environments reefs
Pinnacle Reef
Stratigraphic Interpretation
Influence of Increasing Spectral Content Fractured chalk (slumping)
Slumping and turbidites
image enhancement Chert turbidite deposits
Karst Sinkholes
Structure-oriented filtering
Collapse Features
Karsting
Prestack geometric attributes Fault controlled karsting
Karsting to form Cockpit topography
effectiveness of alternative processing Hydrothermal Dolomite Model
Sigsbee Escarpment
Shale Dewatering Shale Dewatering and Differential Compaction
Shallow stratigraphy and drilling hazards
Gas Chimneys and Pockmarks Detected Using Attributes and Neural Networks (Meta-attributes
Glacial Plow Marks
Reservoir heterogeneity Volumetric Curvature

Thin bed tuning and the wedge model

SWDFT
wavelets Morlet
Spice
SWDFT
Spectral decomposition workflow
Sensitivity of the Spectral Components to Formation Thickness Thin bed tuning variation with thickness
Application of spectral decomposition and coherence
Simultaneous display of 3 attributes
Spectral Decomposition Coherence interleaved with peak frequency
Spectral balancing
Matched pursuit
Spectral Decomposition using Wavelet Transforms
modified matched-pursuit
Sensitivity of the Low Frequency Part of the Spectrum to
Sensitivity of Spectral Components to Hydrocarbons Hydrocarbons
Estimating fluid mobility
Instantaneous Frequency
Exploiting Waveform Singularities (the SPICE Algorithm) Earlier recognition of waveform singularities Envelope weighted Instantaneous Frequency
Thin bed indicator (finst-<finst>)