2D interactive interpretation

Abstract

The past few years have seen the interactive interpretation of 3D seismic surveys become a firmly established technique (Nelson et al. 1981; Gerhardstein et al. 1984) and several such systems are now in use in Australia (Denham et al. 1984). The large data volume and dense spatial coverage of a typical 3D survey were obvious first candidates for the assistance which an interactive system can give the interpreter. These systems not only relieve him of having to manipulate a very large pile of paper displays, but enable him to make a far more detailed and comprehensive interpretation than would be possible by conventional means.