seismic development — 1956-2008 - american...

Catagories: A=Acquisition, P=Processing, I=Interpretation Timeline data courtesy of professor Christopher Liner

Res

idua

lsta

tics

(P),

Com

plex

trac

eat

trib

utes

(I),

Impe

danc

ein

vers

ion

(I)

Com

mon

mid

poin

tsh

ootin

g(A)

Synt

hetic

sei

smog

ram

(I)

1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008

Vibr

osei

s(A

)

Mar

ine

airg

un(A

)

Dig

itals

eism

icpr

oces

sing

(P)

Dig

ital m

igra

tion

(P)

Seis

mic

stra

tigra

phy

(I)

3-D

shoo

ting

(A)

Vert

ical

seis

mic

profi

le(A

)

Dip

mov

eout

(P),

2-D

post

stac

kde

pth

mig

ratio

n(P

)

2-D

Pres

tack

dept

hm

igra

tion

(P),

Brig

htsp

otan

alys

is(I

),W

orks

tatio

ns(I

)3-

Dm

igra

tion

velo

city

anal

ysis

,Sla

ntst

ack

(P)

3-D

even

tau

totr

acki

ng(I

)

Rev

erse

time

mig

ratio

n(P

)2-

Dre

flect

ion

tom

ogra

phy

(P),

Opt

imiz

atio

n(P

)3-

Dpo

stst

ack

dept

hm

igra

tion

(P),

AVO

anal

ysis

(I)

3-D

refle

ctio

nto

mog

raph

y(P

),FX

deco

nvol

utio

n(P

),Pr

esta

ckRT

M(P

), O

cean

botto

mca

ble

(A),

Cros

swel

l(A)

3-D

PreS

DM

(P),

Neu

raln

etw

orks

(P),

Hor

izon

dip/

azim

uth

attr

ibut

es(I

)Su

bsal

tim

agin

g(I

)

Vert

ical

cabl

e(A

),Tu

rnin

gw

ave

mig

ratio

n(P

),W

avel

ettr

ansf

orm

s(P

)Se

ism

icse

quen

cest

ratig

raph

y(I

)

Rou

tine

anis

otro

pic

proc

essi

ng(P

)4-

Dse

ism

ic(A

),Co

here

nce

(I),

Flui

dsu

bstit

utio

n(I

),W

avel

ettr

ansf

orm

s(I

)Im

peda

nce

optim

izat

ion

(I),

Attr

ibut

ecl

assi

ficat

ion

(I)

Spec

tral

deco

mpo

sitio

n(I

),N

eura

lnet

wor

ks(I

)

Seis

mic

mon

itorin

gof

hydr

aulic

frac

turin

g(A

)

Leas

tsq

uare

sm

igra

tion(

P),

Ray

leig

hw

ave

inve

rsio

n(P

),El

astic

inve

rsio

n(I

)O

verp

ress

ure

from

attr

ibut

es(I

)M

ulti-

attr

ibut

etr

ansf

orm

s(I

),M

EMS

acce

lero

met

er(A

)St

ruct

ure-

orie

nted

filte

ring

(I),

Geo

mec

hani

csfr

omse

ism

icda

ta(I

)H

oriz

onta

lcro

ssw

ellt

omog

raph

y(A

),In

terf

erom

etry

(P)

Volu

met

ricat

trib

utes

(I),

Spic

eat

trib

ute

(I),

Rel

ativ

ege

olog

ictim

evo

lum

e(I

)Vi

rtua

l sou

rce

met

hod

(P)

Wid

e-az

imut

hto

wed

mar

ine

data

(A),

Com

mer

cial

3-D

reve

rse

time

mig

ratio

n(P

)W

irele

ssla

ndse

ism

ic(A

),Ve

ctor

acou

stic

mea

sure

men

ts(A

)Sp

ectr

alin

vers

ion

(I),

Biot

slow

S-w

ave

revi

ved

(I)

S e i s m i c D e v e l o p m e n t — 1 9 5 6 - 2 0 0 8

Marine seismic

Sequence stratigraphy

Vertical seismic profileVibroseis

Subsalt imagingWide-azimuth towed marine

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Schl

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Wes

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Geo

phys

ical BP

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Gec

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