• Conceptual and historical foundations of modern reflection seismology
• Overview of seismic wave phenomena in acoustic, elastic, and porous media
• Acquisition principles for land and marine seismic surveys
• Methods used to create 2-D and 3-D seismic images from field data
• Concepts of dip moveout, prestack migration, and depth migration
• Concepts and limitations of 3-D seismic interpretation for structure, stratigraphy, and rock property estimation
• The interpretation role of attributes, impedance estimation, and AVO

Key Features

• Learn the language and concepts of acquiring, processing, and interpreting 3-D seismic data
• Learn the central role a calibrated rock model plays in reservoir interpretation
• Learn how to deal effectively with design, economic, and quality control issues
• Understand the range of 3-D seismic applications to exploration, production, and reservoir management problems
• Calculate economic feasibility and rate of return on 3-D surveys
• Learn about reservoir fluids, prestack data, and resolution

Includes a Companion CD
CD items include several QuickTime movies related to topics in the book, plus SeisCom7 for rapid calculation of 2-D and 3-D seismic quantities.

Contents:

• General Properties of Waves
• Waves in Fluids
• Understanding Seismic Events
• Reservoir Fluid Properties
• Waves in Solids
• Waves in Porous Solids
• 2D Land Acquisition
• Financial Aspects of 3D Seismic
• Survey Predesign
• Land Shooting Geometry
• Land 3D Design Optimization
• Marine Acquisition Methods
• Data Dimensionality and Components
• Processing and Binning Overview
• Computing
• Creating the CMP Stack
• Migration I: Concepts
• Migration II: Classification and Velocity Analysis
• Historical Perspective
• Synthetic Seismogram, Tuning, and Resolution
• Introduction to Interpretation
• Data Volume
• Structure
• Stratigraphy
• Seismic attributes
• Amplitude in Space, Time, and Offset
• Appendices