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Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2000-84
Interpretive Aspects of Seismic Coherence and Related Multi-trace Attributes
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Conclusions

Coherence and related multi-trace attributes
  • provide high quality images of faults, channels, and other geological features with minimal interpreter bias
  • may be effectively displayed in time slice, horizon slice, and 3-D views
  • are useful for mapping features which cannot be 'picked' using conventional interpretation techniques
  • are effective reconnaissance tools in frontier exploration areas
Caveat!
  • Structure and stratigraphy can be coupled
  • Morphological patterns can be misleading

References

Bahorich, M. S., and S. L. Farmer, 1995, 3-D seismic coherency for faults and stratigraphic features: The Leading Edge, v. 14, p. 1053-1058.

Gersztenkorn, A., and K. J. Marfurt, 1999, Eigenstructure based coherence computations as an aid to 3-D structural and stratigraphic mapping: Geophysics, v. 64, p. 1468-1479.

Gersztenkorn, A., J. Sharp, and K. Marfurt, 1999, Delineation of tectonic features offshore Trinidad using 3-D seismic coherence: The Leading Edge, v. 18, p. 1000-1008.

Marfurt, K. J., R. L. Kirlin, S. L. Farmer, and M. S. Bahorich, 1998, 3-D seismic attributes using a running window semblance-based algorithm: Geophysics, v. 63, p. 1150-1165.

Nissen, S. E., N. L. Haskell, C. T. Steiner, and K. L. Coterill, 1999, Debris flow outrunner blocks on the Nigerian continental slope delineated by 3-D seismic coherency: The Leading Edge, v. 18, p. 595-599.

Partyka, G., J. Gridley, and J. Lopez, 1999, Interpretational applications of spectral decomposition in reservoir characterization: The Leading Edge, v. 18, p. 353-360.

Peyton, L., R. Bottjer, and G. Partyka, 1998, Interpretation of incised valleys using new 3-D seismic techniques: A case history using spectral decomposition and coherency: The Leading Edge, v. 17, p. 1294-1298.

Prior, D., Bornhold, B. D., and Johns, M. W., 1984, Depositional characteristics of a submarine debris flow: Journal of Geology, v. 92, p. 707-727.

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