GS 701: Seismic Data Processing and Seismic Stratigraphy

Syllabus​

Theory and geometry of seismic wave propagation, Seismic wave velocities in rocks, Review of marine and land seismic data acquisition techniques; Fundamentals of time series analysis, auto and cross correlation, convolution, sampling theorem and aliasing, filtering, deconvolution; Data enhancement techniques ?????? Noise reduction, traveltime correction, stacking, wavelet processing, frequency filtering, velocity analysis, amplitude correction, migration techniques, Seismic interpretation ?????? typical trap types and their seismic definition, velocity, structural and timing effects; Basic concepts, definitions and objectives of seismic stratigraphy, Stratigraphic patterns in seismic data, Seismic attribute analysis, Seismic sequence analysis – interpretation of depositional environment and lithology, eustatic sea level changes, Seismic Facies analysis- seismic reflection characteristics, simple and complex reflection configuration, Seismic reflection character analysis- amplitude and continuity.

Texts/References

  • Hardage, B.A. Seismic Stratigraphy, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1987
  • Payton, C.E. Seismic Stratigraphy- Applications to Hydrocarbon Exploration. Memoir of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 26, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1977
  • Sheriff, R.E. and Geldart, L.P. Exploration Seismology, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995
  • Yilmaz, O. Seismic Data Analysis: Processing Inversion and Interpretation of Seismic Data (Vols. 1&2), Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2001