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@inbook{Jackson:2011,
author = {Jackson, CAL and Kane, KE},
booktitle = {Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins: Recent Advances},
editor = {Busby and Pérez},
pages = {95--110},
publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
title = {Application of 3D seismic data to understanding the structure and stratigraphy of sedimentary basins},
year = {2011}
}
TY - CHAP
AB - Although 2D seismic data are able to provide regional insights into the broad form and fill of sedimentary basins, their limited spatial resolution restricts the detailed analysis of geological features. Improvements in 3D seismic acquisition and processing techniques have resulted in large tracts of sedimentary basins being covered by high-quality surveys. The development of sophisticated software, and low-cost, high-powered workstations, allows the interpretation of these data in unprecedented detail. This chapter focuses on some of the key interpretation techniques available to the seismic interpreter, and will demonstrate how these can be used to gain an understanding of the structure and fill of sedimentary basins at a range of scales. The benefits of analysing structure and stratigraphic thickness maps are considered, as these are important for defining basin structure, and for highlighting the temporal and spatial variability of syn-depositional accommodation, tectonics and erosion. The use of ‘seismic attributes analysis’ to highlight geological features is discussed. These attributes include, amongst others, grid- and volume-based geometric attributes, and grid and volume-derived, amplitude-based attributes. Although seismic attribute analysis is a powerful tool in basin analysis, the answer to a subsurface geological problem does not lie within the workstation or the attributes that can be generated. The workstation is only a tool. The key elements involved in the successful application of seismic data to basin analysis are: (i) a knowledge of the available interpretation tools, (ii) an appreciation of the physical basis of the attributes being used, (iii) an understanding of the impact of data and interpretation quality on the derived attributes and (iv) a thoughtful geological interpretation of geophysical data. With continued improvements in spatial coverage and resolution, seismic reflection datasets have the potential to be as powerful a t
AU - Jackson,CAL
AU - Kane,KE
EP - 110
PB - Wiley-Blackwell
PY - 2011///
SN - 9781405194655
SP - 95
TI - Application of 3D seismic data to understanding the structure and stratigraphy of sedimentary basins
T1 - Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins: Recent Advances
ER -